deem
To hold in belief or estimationTo hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.
» They refused to countenance any suggestion of a power-sharing agreement with a man they deemed a radical.
Sie lehnten jeden Versuch ab, eine Vereinbarung über die Teilung der Macht mit einem Mann zu schließen, den sie für radikal hielten.
Они отказались рассматривать любые предложения о соглашении по разделению власти с человеком, которого они считали радикалом.
Вони відмовилися підтримати будь-яку пропозицію про угоду про розподіл влади з чоловіком, якого вони вважали радикалом.
Meaning
5 senses(ditransitive)To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.
She deemed his efforts insufficient.
halten, erachten
полага́тьpolagátʹ, счита́тьsčitátʹ, ду́матьdúmatʹ
(ambitransitive)To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.
erachten, ansehen
(obsolete, transitive)To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.
(obsolete, transitive)To adjudge, to decree.
(obsolete, transitive)To dispense (justice); to administer (law).
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
Examples
46 sentencesThey refused to countenance any suggestion of a power-sharing agreement with a man they deemed a radical.
Вони відмовилися підтримати будь-яку пропозицію про угоду про розподіл влади з чоловіком, якого вони вважали радикалом.
ruОни отказались рассматривать любые предложения о соглашении по разделению власти с человеком, которого они считали радикалом.
deSie lehnten jeden Versuch ab, eine Vereinbarung über die Teilung der Macht mit einem Mann zu schließen, den sie für radikal hielten.
I deem him capable of anything.
deMeines Erachtens ist er zu allem fähig.
My sister deems your efforts futile.
We deemed what belongs to us valueless.
He deemed it wise to accept the offer.
ruОн посчитал правильным принять это предложение.
deEs dünkte ihn klug, das Angebot anzunehmen.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English dēmen (“to judge; to criticize, condemn; to impose a penalty on, senteFrom 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”).
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Forms
deems, deeming, deemed, deemedSynonyms
33 synonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle