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# deed

«deed» in Mova's school dictionary: **Something that someone does on purpose, especially…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a deed, deeds); verb (deed, rare US: to transfer property)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Something that someone does on purpose, especially something very good or very bad: «a good deed», «evil deeds». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deed/#m1)

2) A legal document, often for owning a house or land: «the deeds to the house». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deed/#m2)

3) (US, verb, formal) To give property to someone by a legal document. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deed/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and everyday life «a good deed» is a kind act, such as helping an old neighbour; heroes do «brave deeds». Scouts and Guides are encouraged to do «a good deed every day». In law and history, deeds prove who owns land. Phrases: «a good deed», «do your good deed for the day», «brave deeds», «in word and deed», «the deeds to the house», «no good deed goes unpunished».

### examples

- Helping the lost child was a good deed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deed/#x1)
- The knight was famous for his brave deeds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deed/#x2)
- I've done my good deed for the day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deed/#x3)
- Grandad keeps the deeds to the house in a safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deed/#x4)
- The villain's evil deeds were finally discovered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deed/#x5)
- Be kind in word and deed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deed/#x6)
- (US formal) He deeded the farm to his daughter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deed/#x7)
- The memory of a good deed lives. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deed/#x8)

### note

Countable. Old-fashioned or story-like for «action»; everyday speech uses «thing you did». Homophone trap: none, but do not confuse with «need» or «seed». «Deeds» (plural) usually means the legal papers.

### In the corpora

- [The suffragettes' motto was Deeds not words, and their colours were purple, white and green.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/32-votes-for-women/9/)
- [Shouting back when told off is often about embarrassment; a later sorry or a good deed can fix it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/16-things-im-ashamed-of-crowds-cruelty-and-coming-clean/17/)
- [Sin is turning away from God and doing wrong in thought, word or deed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven/10/)
- [But in very deed, as I live — and all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.543/)
- [And I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.885/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «deed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.