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. — evabarczak
Они отказались рассматривать любые предложения о соглашении по разделению власти с человеком, которого они считали радикалом. — evabarczak
Вони відмовилися підтримати будь-яку пропозицію про угоду про розподіл влади з чоловіком, якого вони вважали радикалом. — evabarczak
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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. — evabarczak
ruОни отказались рассматривать любые предложения о соглашении по разделению власти с человеком, которого они считали радикалом. — evabarczak
deSie lehnten jeden Versuch ab, eine Vereinbarung über die Teilung der Macht mit einem Mann zu schließen, den sie für radikal hielten. — evabarczak
I deem him capable of anything.
deMeines Erachtens ist er zu allem fähig. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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. — marafon
deEs dünkte ihn klug, das Angebot anzunehmen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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