deem

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /dim/ UK /diːm/ See IPA manual

Freq #21095

Meanings

1

verb
To consider or judge something to be a certain way.

She deemed his efforts insufficient.
2

verb
To officially declare or decide something, especially by law.

The court deemed the contract invalid.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to consider or judge... consider regard

2 verb · to officially declare or... declare judge

More account appraise censure count dub esteem find hold interpret respect

Word family

Forms deemeddeemingdeems

Derived forms addeembedeemdeemer deemsterdempsterfordeemforedeemmisdeem

Etymology

From Middle English dēmen (“to judge; to criticize, condemn; to impose a penalty on, sentence; to direct, order; to believe, think, deem”), from Old English dēman (“to decide, decree, deem”), from Proto-West Germanic *dōmijan, from Proto-Germanic *dōmijaną (“to judge, think”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to set, put”). The word is cognate with Danish and Norwegian Bokmål dømme (“to judge”), Dutch doemen (“to condemn, foredoom”), North Frisian dema (“to judge, recognise”), Norwegian Nynorsk døma (“to judge”), Swedish döma (“to judge, sentence, condemn”), Finnish tuomita (“to judge”). It…

*dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European demen Middle English dēman Old English *dōmijan Proto-West Germanic *dōmijaną Proto-Germanic

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# deem

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /dim/
**IPA (UK):** /diːm/
**Frequency rank:** 21095

## Meanings
1. To consider or judge something to be a certain way.
2. To officially declare or decide something, especially by law.

## Examples
- She deemed his efforts insufficient.
- The court deemed the contract invalid.

## Synonyms
- account
- appraise
- censure
- consider
- count
- dub
- esteem
- find
- hold
- interpret
- judge
- respect

## Derived Forms
- addeem
- bedeem
- deemer
- deemster
- dempster
- fordeem
- foredeem
- misdeem

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *dʰeh₁-
- Root: demen
- Root: dēman
- Root: *dōmijan
- Root: *dōmijaną

## Etymology
From Middle English dēmen (“to judge; to criticize, condemn; to impose a penalty on, sentence; to direct, order; to believe, think, deem”), from Old English dēman (“to decide, decree, deem”), from Proto-West Germanic *dōmijan, from Proto-Germanic *dōmijaną (“to judge, think”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to set, put”). The word is cognate with Danish and Norwegian Bokmål dømme (“to judge”), Dutch doemen (“to condemn, foredoom”), North Frisian dema (“to judge, recognise”), Norwegian Nynorsk døma (“to judge”), Swedish döma (“to judge, sentence, condemn”), Finnish tuomita (“to judge”). It…

## AI Etymology
deem comes from Middle English dēmen (“to judge; to criticize, condemn; to impose a penalty on, sentence; to direct, order; to believe, think, deem”), from Old English dēman (“to decide, decree, deem”), from Proto-West Germanic *dōmijan, from Proto-Germanic *dōmijaną (“to judge, think”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to set, put”). The word is cognate with Danish and Norwegian Bokmål dømme (“to judge”), Dutch doemen (“to condemn, foredoom”), North Frisian dema (“to judge, recognise”), Norwegian Nynorsk døma (“to judge”), Swedish döma (“to judge, sentence, condemn”), Finnish tuomita (“to judge”). Current senses include to consider or judge something to be a certain way and to officially declare or decide something, especially by law. English relatives and later formations include addeem, bedeem, deemer.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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