to deem
- verb
- /dim/
- We can only even leave the house for things that the government deems are essential.
- deem appropriate
- deem necessary
- deem important
But I tend to take cases that most deem to be impossible.
- But I tend to take cases that most deem to be impossible.
- Our family, friends and neighbors are being deemed outsiders and criminals.
- JD was quickly deemed the voice of the Rust Belt.
- Products are taxed because they are not legally deemed a necessity.
- And so it certainly hasn't translated into what we deem as traditional success.
- And to see an act of heroism get deemed an act of cruelty.
- And this is the stuff that was deemed so untouchable, Glenn.
- And do we have to wait till it's one that society deems a success?
- Those bodies did not deem those trials to be rigorous enough.
- We hope you will deem that that experiment a success.
- I'm just saying that our society has deemed certain people cool.
- Then you have Mike Pence, also deemed by many to be a moderate.
- It's it's what's deemed important by that person.
Examples
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I want to know about any aircraft that they deem suspicious.
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Maybe you're not famous until certain people deem you to be famous.
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But I tend to take cases that most deem to be impossible.
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We hope you will deem that that experiment a success.
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And you deem this to be a sin?
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What counts as dangerous is what is deemed dangerous by the state.
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I'm just saying that our society has deemed certain people cool.
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The coroner and police have deemed it a suicide.
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I'm sorry, but I cannot vote for a man unless I deem him the most worthy to be Pope.
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The committee will deem the proposal acceptable if it meets all the requirements.
Synonyms
To think that someone or something is a certain way
To form an opinion about someone or something
To believe something to be true
To think about someone or something in a particular way
To consider someone or something in a certain way
To think of someone or something as a certain thing
Antonyms
How Certain
- Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Deem comes from an old English word that meant 'to judge' and is related to the modern word doom, which originally meant 'judgment'. So to deem something is to 'judge' or consider it in a certain way.