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# deem

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

«deem» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) To consider or judge something in a particular way (The water was deemed safe). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deem/#m1)
2. (formal) To decide officially that something counts as something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deem/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deem/#x1)
- Do whatever you deem best. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deem/#x2)
- The teacher deemed the answer correct. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deem/#x3)
- Any late entries will be deemed invalid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deem/#x4)
- The game was deemed too violent for children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deem/#x5)
- The match was deemed a draw. [tree →](https://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://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 Jewish tradition

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

### Examples

- These sought their register, that is, the genealogy, but it was not found; therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood. (Writings EZR.2.62, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deem/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «deem» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deem/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«deem» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/deem.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «deem» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deem/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«deem» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/deem.html) on Mova free.