deem verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes

deem somebody/something + adj. She deemed it prudent not to say anything. I deem it an honour to be invited. They would ... Togglenavigation Redeem Upgrade Help Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Redeem Upgrade Help TOP English English AmericanEnglish AcademicEnglish Collocations PracticalEnglishUsage German-English English-German English AmericanEnglish Entersearchtext DefinitionofdeemverbfromtheOxfordAdvancedLearner'sDictionary deemverb  /diːm/ /diːm/notusuallyusedintheprogressivetenses(formal)VerbFormspresentsimpleI/you/we/theydeem /diːm/ /diːm/he/she/itdeems /diːmz/ /diːmz/pastsimpledeemed /diːmd/ /diːmd/pastparticipledeemed /diːmd/ /diːmd/-ingformdeeming /ˈdiːmɪŋ/ /ˈdiːmɪŋ/ jumptootherresults tohaveaparticularopinionaboutsomebody/somethingsynonymconsiderdeemsomebody/something+nounTheeveningwasdeemedagreatsuccess.deemsomebody/something+adj.Shedeemeditprudentnottosayanything.Ideemitanhonourtobeinvited.Theywouldtakeanyactiondeemednecessary.deemsomebody/somethingtobesomethingThestrikewasdeemedtobeillegal.deem(that)…Inspectorsdeemedthatthestandardofteachingwasunsatisfactory.TopicsOpinionandargumentc1WordOriginOldEnglishdēman(alsointhesense‘actasjudge’),ofGermanicorigin;relatedtoDutchdoeman,alsotodoom. Questionsaboutgrammarandvocabulary? FindtheanswerswithPracticalEnglishUsageonline,yourindispensableguidetoproblemsinEnglish. Joinus JoinourcommunitytoaccessthelatestlanguagelearningandassessmenttipsfromOxfordUniversityPress! Definitionsonthego Lookupanywordinthedictionaryoffline,anytime,anywherewiththeOxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryapp. Wanttolearnmore? FindoutwhichwordsworktogetherandproducemorenaturalsoundingEnglishwiththeOxfordCollocationsDictionaryapp. SeedeemintheOxfordAdvancedAmericanDictionarySeedeemintheOxfordLearner'sDictionaryofAcademicEnglishCheckpronunciation: deem Nearbywords deejaynoun deejayverb deemverb deemeduniversitynoun deepadjective broadly adverb     FromtheWordlist OPALwrittenwords OxfordLearner'sDictionariesWordoftheDay