DEEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deem mean? 

• DEEM (verb)
  The verb DEEM has 1 sense:

1. keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view

  Familiarity information: DEEM used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEEM (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they deem    ... he / she / it deems   
Past simple: deemed   
Past participle: deemed   
-ing form: deeming   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

deem; hold; take for; view as

Context example:

I hold him personally responsible

Hypernyms (to "deem" is one way to...):

consider; reckon; regard; see; view (deem to be)

Verb group:

hold (assert or affirm)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

 Context examples 

An action that is deemed unsatisfactory or unacceptable.

(Disapproval, NCI Thesaurus)

I don't wish to throw away my time and trouble on an offering you would deem worthless.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

He wanted to be great in the world's eyes; "to make good," as he expressed it, in order that the woman he loved should be proud of him and deem him worthy.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The time at length arrives when grief is rather an indulgence than a necessity; and the smile that plays upon the lips, although it may be deemed a sacrilege, is not banished.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Long I looked at her, dwelling upon that one visible bit of her as only a man would who deemed it the most precious thing in the world.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

On Saturday morning Elizabeth and Mr. Collins met for breakfast a few minutes before the others appeared; and he took the opportunity of paying the parting civilities which he deemed indispensably necessary.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Researchers found significant differences on all those measures between those who breathed clean air and those exposed to pollution levels deemed unsafe.

(The Surprising Link between Air Pollution, Alzheimer’s Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

If Saturn deems one relationship of yours to be weak, Saturn will ask you what you want to do about it.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If I had followed her judgment, and subdued my spirits to the level of what she deemed proper, I should have escaped the greatest unhappiness I have ever known.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Should any gentleman think otherwise, I should deem it great honor to run a small course with him, or debate the matter in whatever way might be most pleasing to him.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)