Dictionary Definition
deem v : keep in mind or convey as a conviction
or view; "take for granted"; "view as important"; "hold these
truths to be self-evident"; "I hold him personally responsible"
[syn: hold, view as, take for]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
deman, from . Cognate with Dutch doemen and Swedish döma.Pronunciation
- /di:m/
- Rhymes with: -iːm
Verb
Synonyms
Translations
to evaluate according to one's beliefs
- Dutch: beschouwen
- German: halten, erachten
- Italian: considerare, valutare
- Lithuanian: manyti
- Portuguese: considerar, estimar
to hold as a personal opinion
- Dutch: vinden
- German: erachten, ansehen
- Italian: considerare, ritenere
- Lithuanian: manyti
- Portuguese: considerar
- ttbc Interlingua: estimar
- ttbc Spanish: estimar
Scots
Etymology
Scots form of dame.Pronunciation
- /dim/
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
account, account as, adjudge, adjudicate, allow, assume, be afraid, be judicious,
believe, calculate, conceive, conclude, conjecture, consider, count, credit, daresay, deduce, divine, dream, esteem, estimate, exercise judgment,
expect, express an
opinion, fancy, feel, form an opinion, gather, grant, guess, have a hunch, have an idea,
have an impression, have an inkling, have the idea, hold, hold as, imagine, infer, judge, know, let, let be, look upon as, maintain, new, opine, pine, prefigure, presume, presuppose, presurmise, provisionally
accept, reckon, regard, repute, say, sense, set down as, suppose, surmise, suspect, suspicion, take, take for, take for granted,
take it, take to be, think, think of, trow, understand, view as, ween