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# deem

«deem» in Mova's school dictionary: **To consider or judge something in a particular way (The…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (deem, deems, deemed, deeming) — formal

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To consider or judge something in a particular way (The water was deemed safe). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deem/#m1)

2) (formal) To decide officially that something counts as something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deem/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Formal and exam voice: «if deemed necessary», «answers deemed incorrect». In news and rules: an area deemed unsafe. Everyday words: think, consider, judge.

### examples

- The bridge was deemed unsafe and closed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deem/#x1)
- Do whatever you deem best. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deem/#x2)
- The teacher deemed the answer correct. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deem/#x3)
- Any late entries will be deemed invalid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deem/#x4)
- The game was deemed too violent for children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deem/#x5)
- The match was deemed a draw. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deem/#x6)
- But afterwards, finding her words were true, they wondered at her knowledge and deemed her to be the wisest of birds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deem/#x7)

### note

Formal; often used in the passive: be deemed + adjective. Do not confuse with «deem» and «dim» or «doom». Regular verb.

### In the corpora

- [None deemeth of thy wound that it may be bound up; thou hast no healing medicines.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.820/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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