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Definitions: Deed |
DeedNoun1. A notable achievement: "he performed a great deed"; "the book was her finest effort". 2. A legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signed the deed"; "he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "deed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Business | The written document conveying real property. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of seeing or signing deeds, portends a law suit, to gain which you should be careful in selecting your counsel, as you are likely to be the loser. To dream of signing any kind of a paper, is a bad omen for the dreamer. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Finance | A written agreement in proper legal form that conveys title to, or an interest in, real property. (references) |
Law | Act executed before a notary public. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: DeedSynonyms: deed of conveyance (n), effort (n), exploit (n), feat (n), title (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Action | Deed, act, overt act, stitch, touch, gest transaction, job, doings, dealings, proceeding, measure, step, maneuver, bout, passage, move, stroke, blow; coup, coup de main, coup d'etat; tour de force; (display); feat, exploit; achievement; (completion); handiwork, workmanship; manufacture; stroke of policy; (plan). |
Compromise | Verb: compromise, commute, compound; take the mean; split the difference, meet one halfway, give and take; come to terms; (contract); submit to arbitration, abide by arbitration; patch up, bridge over, arrange; straighten out, adjust, differences, agree; make the best of, make a virtue of necessity; take the will for the deed. |
Courage | Exploit, feat, achievement; heroic deed, heroic act; bold stroke. |
Evidence | Ce justificative; deed, warranty; (security); |
Bear witness; Noun: give evidence; Noun: testify, depose, witness, vouch for; sign, seal, undersign, set one's hand and seal, sign and seal, deliver as one's act and deed, certify, attest; acknowledge; (assent). | |
Forgiveness | Excuse, exoneration, quittance, release, indemnity; bill of indemnity, act of indemnity, covenant of indemnity, deed of indemnity; exculpation; (acquittal). |
Guilt | Phrase: cui prodest scelus in fecit; culpam paena premit comes; "O would the deed were good!"; "responsibility prevents crimes" se judice nemo nocens absolvitur; "so many laws argues so many sins". -- p. -- |
Pacification | Noun: pacification, conciliation; reconciliation, reconcilement; shaking of hands, accommodation, arrangement, adjustment; terms, compromise; amnesty, deed of release. |
Record | Record, note, minute; register, registry; roll; (list); cartulary, diptych, Domesday book; catalogue raisonne; entry, memorandum, indorsement, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket; notch; (mark); muniment, deed; (security); document; deposition, proces verbal; affidavit; certificate; (evidence). |
Relinquishment | Noun: relinquishment, abandonment; (of a course); renunciation, expropriation, dereliction; cession, surrender, dispensation; quitclaim deed; resignation; riddance. |
Security | Recognizance; deed of indemnity, covenant of indemnity. |
Muniment, title deed, instrument; deed, deed poll; assurance, indenture; charter; (compact); charter poll; paper, parchment, settlement, will, testament, last will and testament, codicil. | |
Thought | Phrase: the mind being on the stretch; the mind turning upon, the head turning upon, the mind running upon; " divinely, bent to meditation "; en toute chose il faut considerer la fin; " fresh-pluckt from bowers of never-failing thought "; " go speed the stars of Thought "; " in maiden meditation fancy-free "; " so sweet is zealous contemplation "; " the power of thought is the magic of the Mind "; " those that think must govern those that toil "; " thought is parent of the deed "; " thoughts in attitudes imperious "; " thoughts that breathe and words that burn "; vivere est cogitare; Volk der Dichter und Denker. |
Vindication | Take the will for the deed, make allowance for, give credit for, do justice to; give one his due, give the Devil his due. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | He did the deed. (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.) So shines a good deed in a weary world. (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; writing credit: Roald Dahl) Marge you gotta help me, I have to do one good deed to get into heaven. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) A deed once done cannot be undone, but it might be mitigated. (Beast Wars: Transformers; writing credit: Bob Forward; Lawrence G. DiTillio) You know you did the wild walk, made a touchdown, signed the deed! (Daria; writing credit: Glenn Eichler; Peggy Nicoll) | |
Lyrics | Shocked by the foul evil deed I had done ("El Paso"; performing artist: Marty Robbins) | |
Clever | Put your creed in your deed. (references; author: unknown) Repentance is sorrow for the deed, not for getting caught. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Columbo: A Friend in Deed (1974) Deed of Daring-Do (1969) Good Deed (1959) Droopy's Good Deed (1951) Do a Good Deed (1935) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | A dastardly deed.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Author Unknown | Every kind and good deed is a press agent for God. |
Dante Alighieri | A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence. |
Edward Young | The purpose firm is equal to the deed. |
Francois Rabelais | We will take the good will for the deed. |
George Eliot | No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty. |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | The deed is everything, the glory is naught. |
John Greenleaf Whittier | One brave deed makes no hero. |
Vincent Van Gogh | A good picture is equivalent to a good deed. |
Walt Whitman | How beggarly appear arguments before a defiant deed! |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Through the Looking-Glass | Carroll, Lewis | I took a kettle large and new, Fit for the deed I had to do. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Argot is nothing more nor less than a wardrobe in which language, having some bad deed to do, disguises itself. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The whisper ceased and he knew then clearly that his own soul had sinned in thought and word and deed wilfully through his own body. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Then, God grant me to Thou mayst be damned for that wicked deed! O, he was gentle, mild, and virtuous! |
Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare | ' and let slip the dogs of war, That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Spain | This must be done within 30 working days from the date of the Public Deed. (references) |
Mexico | These include reduction of real estate taxes, land transfer taxes, and deed registration taxes. (references) | |
Indonesia | Once executed, the Deed of Establishment is submitted to the Ministry of Law and Legislation (MOLL). (references) | |
Human Rights | South Africa | The various forms of compensation offered to claimants are the return of the original land, a deed to another piece of land, financial remuneration, or preferential access to government housing. (references) |
Trade | Egypt | In addition, the following documents must be provided: customs import release certificate, certificate of export of product, an export permit, a registered deed of sale from the original importer, and a customs clearance certificate. (references) |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | We are summoned to act in wisdom and in conscience, to work with industry, to teach with persuasion, to preach with conviction, to weigh our every deed with care and with compassion. |
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| "Deed" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Deed" is used about 662 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 662 | 9,909 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "deed" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Deed | Last name | 130 | 57,707 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "deed": a great deed ♦ alms deed ♦ black deed ♦ Blank deed ♦ bloody deed ♦ Composition deed ♦ contract for deed ♦ Counter deed ♦ deed costs ♦ deed of alimony ♦ deed of assessment ♦ deed of contract ♦ deed of conveyance ♦ deed of foundation ♦ deed of gift ♦ deed of indemnity ♦ deed of purchase ♦ deed of release ♦ deed of transfer ♦ deed of trust ♦ deed over ♦ deed poll ♦ deed pool ♦ deed under private seal ♦ definite trust deed ♦ disgraceful deed ♦ evil deed ♦ glorious deed ♦ good deed ♦ heinous deed ♦ heroic deed ♦ In deed ♦ in the present deed ♦ in very deed ♦ in word and in deed ♦ kind deed ♦ livery in deed ♦ mortgage deed ♦ perform an evil deed ♦ pious deed ♦ private deed ♦ public deed ♦ purchase deed ♦ quit claim deed ♦ quitclaim deed ♦ scandalous deed ♦ take the will for the deed ♦ title deed ♦ To record a deed ♦ transfer deed ♦ trust deed ♦ wicked deed. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "deed": deed-poll. | |
Ending with "deed": ill-deed, in-bloody-buggering-deed, in-deed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
quit claim deed | 855 |
contract for deed | 254 |
quick claim deed | 235 |
trust deed | 229 |
warranty deed | 203 |
quitclaim deed | 175 |
deed | 159 |
grant deed | 86 |
quick deed | 53 |
deed search | 41 |
deed in lieu of foreclosure | 39 |
deed poll | 37 |
tax deed | 37 |
deed form | 36 |
property deed | 35 |
deed transfer | 35 |
quit deed | 34 |
deed of trust form | 33 |
deed restriction | 27 |
special warranty deed | 26 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "deed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | veprim (act, action, activity, agency, doing, engagement, fact, motion, move, movement, operation, play, procedure, proceeding, reaction, step, transaction, turn), vepër (act, action, baby, composition, creation, doing, piece, work), punë (affair, affairs, appointment, avocation, berth, business, concern, concernment, doing, duty, employ, engagement, function, job, labor, labour, make, making, metier, movement, occupation, office, operation, practice, question, service, shebang, slot, task, task-work, thing, work), fakt (consideration, datum, evidence, fact, proof, reality, thing, truth), akt heroik (exploit, feat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مأثرة (achievement, contribution, exploit), وثيقة (bill, document, instrument, paper, proxy, record, script), حول بصك, حول (ability, about, alien, around, be cross eyed, bleach, capricious, commit, concerning, deliver, deter, divert, encode, hand down, hand over, make, metamorphose, power, process, redress, refer, relocate, round, stop, switch, transfer, transmute, transpose, turn, whimsical, withdraw, work, year), عمل (act, action, aggravation, berth, business, elaborate, employment, engagement, fag, feat, function, gird on, job, labor, labour, making, occupation, place, pursuit, racket, see, situation, task, work), عقد (act, agreement, bead, cast, charter, compact, complicate, conclude, congeal, contract, convene, convention, covenant, decade, draw, embarrass, engagement, entangle, hitch, hold, indent, instrument, knitting, knot, lease, muckrake, muddy, pact, perplex, promise, ravel, vault, vaulting, writing), صك (act, charter, instrument, stamping, writing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | факт (circumstance, datum, fact, thing), нотариален акт, прехвърлям (alienate, assign, convey, devolve, heave, surmount, transfer), постъпка (act, action, offence, proceeding, step, thing), действителност (actuality, fact, positive, real, reality, sooth, truth), действие (act, action, effect, movements, operation, performance, play, potency, process, run, scene, scourge), дело (act, action, affair, case, cause, file, handiwork, life work, plea, suit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 行为 (BEHAVIOR, behaviour, deeds), 契" , 券 (bond, contract, ticket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | skutek (act), listina (act, charter, document, list, roll), fakt (fact, yeah), èin (achievement, act, action). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skøde. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | transportakte (assignment of title, conveyance, deed of transfer), notariële akte (notarial act), notariële acte (notarial act), akte (act, certificate, diploma, document, instrument, paper, record, testimony). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | sanktago (holy deed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | کار (Act, Activity, Affair, Appointment, Avocation, Duty, Fist, Function, Job, Office, Opus, Ploy, Proposition, Service, Shebang, Task, Thing, Vocation, Work, Workmanship), کردار (Act, Exploit, Issue, Jest), قباله , سند (Act, Bill, Document, Instrument, Script, Title, Voucher, Writ), باقباله واگذارکردن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | notaarin laatima asiakirja (notarial act), notaarin edessä tehty oikeustoimi (notarial act), kauppakirja (deed of purchase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | acte notarié, acte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | urkunde (act, certificate, charter, diploma, document, instrument, paper, parchment, schedule, titledeed), tat (accomplishment, achievement, act, action, crime, did, feat, feats, Thematic Apperception Test, transactivating protein). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατόρθωμα (achievement, feat, tour de force), έργο (design, doing, effort, film, labour, literary work, opus, play, project, scientific work, task, work), έγγραφο (document, enrol, paper, record, specific document instance, writing), συμβόλαιο μεταβίβασησ κτήματοσ, συμφωνητικό (agreement, contract), πράξη (act, action, doing, effect, practice, practise, process, sum, transaction), άθλοσ (achievement, feat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מפעל (enterprise, project, undertaking, venture, work), מעלל (action, feat), מעש" (act, action, conduct, doing, fact, incident, manufacture, occupation, occurrence, practice, thing), מעש (action), מעב" (action), יציר" (composition, creation, formation, generation, genesis, making, production), שטר ק ין (muniment, title deed), שטר (banknote, bill, bond, document, promissory note, vexcel, writ), פעול" (act, action, activity, doing, function, operation, performance), עלילות (action, reality), עליל" (act, action, exploit, frame up, plot, story), עליל (act, doing, evidence, workshop), עוב"" (act, case, fact, occurrence), עשי" (action, doing, making, performance), א'רת (despatch, dispatch, document, edict, epistle, letter, lettercard, missive, note, writ). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | valóság (actuality, entity, epiphany, fact, reality, sooth, to give colour to sg, true, truth, Verity), tett (achievement, act, action, doing, exploit, feat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | perbuatan (act, action, performance), kelakuan, amal (alms, charity, good deed, work), akta (certificate, diploma, official document). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | opera (action, agency, construction, foundation, handiwork, institution, opera, opus, organization, work), impresa (achievement, boutique, business, company, concern, enterprise, establishment, expedition, exploit, feat, firm, industry, job, motto, shop, trade, undertaking, venture), gesto (act, action, gesture, motion, movement, nod, sign, wave), fatto (action, blocked, business, case, coating, done, event, fact, fit, high, made, matter, matured wine, occurrence, truth, turned on), azione (achievement, act, action, certificate, diploma, document, doing, effect, exertion, feat, motion, operation, play, prise, prize, process, share, share certificate, stock, stock certificate), atto notarile (notarial act), atto di cessione (assignment, conveyance, deed of transfer), atto (act, action, apt, atto, certificate, decision, diploma, document, feat, gesture, motion, record). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 業 (act, actions committed in a former life, Buddhist karma, performance, work). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぎ (affair, be suspicious of, case, ceremony, connection, deception, distrust, doubt, false, falsehood, favor, friendly relations, friendship, goodwill, honour, imitation, intimacy, justice, kindness, lie, matter, morality, relation, righteousness, rule, skill), お"ない (action, asceticism, behavior, conduct), しわざ (act, action), しょぎょう (act, all practices other than recitation of the nembutsu prayer, all worldly phenomena, meritorious acts leading to enlightenment), しょうしょ (bond, certificate, decree, imperial edict), しょうも" (bond, contract, palm print), しょい (act, one's doing), "うい (act, celestial latitude, change of dress, conduct, courtesy, dignity, ecliptic latitude, eminent, favor, good will, high ranking, imperial throne, kindness, lady court attendant, school doctor, seasonal changing of clothes, second accession of the same emperor, second lunar month, siege), わざ (act, art, performance, technique, work), き (10th in rank, 6th in rank, chest, chronicle, coffer, crude, lean on, mood, period, plan, pure, raw, rest against, rice tub, rule, season, season word or phrase, sixth sign of the Chinese calendar, skill, spirit, table, tenth sign of the Chinese calendar, that, timber, time, tree, undiluted, wood, yellow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 증서 (deeds). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jannoo (accomplish, accomplishment, act, build, cast, coalesce, commit, committal, compose, conferment, conformation, construct, construction, create, deal, do, effect, execute, fabricate, fashion, fend, fill, follow out, formation, goings on, keep, make, manufacture, perform, performance, performing, perpetrate, perpetration, persuance, practise, produce, production, render; doing, structure, style, transact, transaction, transactions), dalt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | gjerning. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eedday documento notarial (notarial act), documento (copy, document, munition, recommendation, specific document instance), título (caption, certificate, charter, degree, designation, draft, evidence of title, fibre count, fineness, floating, hank, heading, headline, investment in securities, lettering, name, security, stock, strength, title, titre, yardage), realidade (actuality, fact-finding mission, real, reality, substantiality, tangibility, truth, Verity), instrumento (agent, apparatus, creature, device, diploma, document, Gael, grubbiness, handle, implement, instrument, means, organ, tool, vehicle), feito (accomplishment, achievement, action, activity, done, feat, finished, made, mature, matured wine, shaped, stereotyped, vicarious), façanha (accomplishment, achievement, action, adventure, exploit, feat, prowess, stunt), escritura (charter, contract, deal, diploma, document, writ), acto notarial (notarial act), ação (act, acting, action, activity, agency, battle, deal, gesture, instrumentality, lawsuit, loyal, operation, peep, plot, practice, proceeding, share, thing). (various references) document (act, bill, charter, document, file, indenture, muniment, paper, record, title, writ), titlu (caption, degree, dignity, distinction, head, head line, name, prefix, purity, share, style, title, titre), realitate (fact, reality, substance, tangibility), operã (action, creation, making, opera, opera house, work, writing), manifestare (act, emergence, exercise, exhibition, loose, manifestation, occurrence, piece, Sally, show), lucru (act, activity, article, belongings, business, cert, employment, happening, implement, job, labor, labour, matter, object, occurrence, operation, predecessor, service, situation, thing, things, traps, work, working), lucrare (achievement, piece of work, realization, study, work, working, writing), ispravã (adventure, exploit, feat, stunt, success, trick), faptã (achievement, act, action, exploit, feat, gesture, philanthropy, proceeding, process, work), fapt (affair, case, circumstance, event, fact, incident, paradox, phenomenon, reality), efect (act, action, consequence, effect, impact, outcome, purpose, result, tendency, working), contract (article, contract, convention, covenant, indenture), carte (book, card, letter, playing card, schooling, syndicate), act (act, document), acţiune (act, action, activity, agency, feat, gesture, go, move, operation, proceeding, share, speculation, story, undertaking, work). (various references) дело (act, affair, affairs, business, business deal, case, cause, deal, doing, dossier, engagement, file, matter, part, proposition, shebang, thing, transaction, work). (various references) gnìomh (a deed, action), feart (a virtue, attention, efficiency, notice : na toir feart, virtue), beart (a deed, action, device, tackling). (various references) delo (act, action, fact, labor, labour, opus, piece), tapija (title), radnja (act, action, doing, parlor, parlour, shop, store), čin (rank). (various references) escritura (a b c, a.b.c., abc, cuneiform, document, hand, handwriting, indenture, instrument, script, scripture, writ, writing). (various references) handling (accomplishment, achievement, act, acta, action, actionable, document, item, paper, piece, story), gärning (accomplishment, achievement, act, action, work). (various references) tapu (land register, title deed), senetle devretmek, kahramanlık (achievements, bravery, exploit, feat, gallantry, heroism, prowess, valor, valour), iş (activity, affair, appointment, assignment, ball game, billet, biz, business, calling, cause, commerce, concern, dealing, doing, doings, employment, ergo-, function, gig, handiwork, job, metier, mission, occupation, occupational, operation, piece, piece of work, place, ploy, post, profession, pursuit, racket, regulation, shop, show, spindle, stint, task, things to do, trade, work, working, workings, works), fiil (act, verb, verbal), eylem (act, action, activity, fact, verb), cesaretli davranış, belge (brief, card, certificate, document, instrument, letter, muniment, note, paper, present, record, reference, sheepskin, voucher), başarı (accomplishment, achievement, click, effort, feat, go, hit, joy, performance, prosperity, show, smash, speed, stroke, success, triumph, victory, win). (various references) sogap (good deed). (various references) справа (act, affair, biz, brief, business, case, cause, discipline, employ, enterprise, nevermind, point, proposition, shebang, thing, transaction), факт (circumstance, fact, reality), вчинок (act, action, gesture, proceeding, work), подвиг (achievement, exploit, feat, gest), передавати відповідно до акта, діяння (action, actions, doing), дія (act, action, do, effect, operation, performance, work), дійсність (actuality, real, reality), діло (act, affair, cause, employ, engagement, work). (various references) việc l m (act, ado, affair, employment, job, occupation, service), h nh vi kỳ công, h nh động (act, action, doing, turn), chiến công. (various references) gweithred (act, action, work). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | acta, actibus, actu, actum, actus, deforme, facinora, facinore, facinoris, facinus, facta, factaque, facti, factique, factis, facto, factorum, factum, factumque, instrumenta, opus, res. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 4, Verse 9 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ei hmeiV shmeron anakrinomeqa epi euergesia anqrwpou asqenouV en tini outoV seswstai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Si nos hodie diiudicamur in benefacto hominis infirmi in quo iste salvus factus est |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | If we to dai be demyd in the good dede of a sijk man, in whom this man is maad saaf, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Yf we this daye are examined of the good dede done to the sycke man by what meanes he is made whoale: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | If we this day are examined concerning the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made sound. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | If we are questioned today about a good work done to a man who was ill, as to how he has been made well, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 4, Verse 9 |
| Albanian | Nëse ne sot gjykohemi për një mirësi që iu bë një njeriu të sëmurë, për të ditur si u shërua ai, |
| Bulgarian | да знаете всички вие и всичките Израилеви люде, че чрез името на Исуса Христа Назарянина, когото вие разпнахте, когото Бог възкреси от мъртвите, чрез това име тоя човек стои пред вас здрав. |
| Cebuano | kon ugaling usisahon man kami karon mahitungod sa kaayohan nga nahimo ngadto sa usa ka bakul, sa unsang paagi naayo kining tawhana, |
| Chinese | 治 民 的 官 府 、 ' 長 老 阿 、 倘 若 今 日 、 為 在 殘 疾 人 身 上 所 行 的 善 事 、 查 問 我 們 他 是 怎 麼 得 了 痊 愈 . |
| Croatian | Zar mi danas odgovaramo zbog dobra djela uèinjena bolesnu èovjeku? Po kome je ovaj spašen? |
| Danish | Når vi i Dag forhøres angående denne Velgerning imod en vanfør Mand, om hvorved han er bleven helbredt; |
| Dutch | Alzo wij heden rechterlijk onderzocht worden over de weldaad aan een krank mens geschied, waardoor hij gezond geworden is; |
| Finnish | Jos meitä tänään kuulustellaan sairaalle miehelle tehdystä hyvästä työstä ja siitä, kenen kautta hän on parantunut, |
| French | puisque nous sommes interrogés aujourd`hui sur un bienfait accordé un homme malade, afin que nous disions comment il a été guéri, |
| German | so wir heute werden gerichtet über dieser Wohltat an dem kranken Menschen, durch welche er ist geheilt worden, |
| Haitian Creole | Jòdi a y'ap poze nou keksyon sou yon byen nou fè pou yon enfim, y'ap mande nou ki jan nonm sa a fè geri. |
| Hungarian | Ha e mai napon mi egy nyavalyás emberrel való jótétemény felõl hallgattatunk ki, mi által gyógyult meg ez: |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kami diadili hari ini karena berbuat baik untuk menolong seorang lumpuh, dan karena Tuan-tuan mau tahu bagaimana orang itu disembuhkan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | jikalau kami ini diperiksa pada hari ini atas suatu kebaikan kepada seorang yang telah sakit, dengan kuasa apa orang ini sembuh, |
| Italian | visto che oggi veniamo interrogati sul beneficio recato ad un uomo infermo e in qual modo egli abbia ottenuto la salute, |
| Korean | 만 일 병 인 에 게 행 한 착 한 일 에 대 하 여 이 사 람 이 어 떻 게 구 원 을 얻 었 느 냐 오 늘 우 리 에 게 질 문 하 면 |
| Latvian | Ja mûs ðodien pratina labâ darba dçï, kas slimo cilvçku darîja veselu. |
| Maori | Mehemea ki te uiuia maua aianei mo te mahi pai i mahia ki te tangata haua, i peheatia taua tangata i ora ai; |
| Modern Greek | εαν ημεις ανακρινωμεθα σημερον δια ευεργεσιαν προς ανθρωπον ασθενουντα, δια ποιας δυναμεως ουτος ιατρευθη, |
| Norwegian | Når vi idag blir tatt i forhør for en velgjerning mot et sykt menneske, om hvad han er helbredet ved, |
| Portuguese | se nós hoje somos inquiridos acerca do benefício feito a um enfermo, e do modo como foi curado, |
| Rumanian | Fiindcq skntem trawi astqzi la rqspundere pentru o facere de bine, fqcutq unui om bolnav, wi skntem kntrebayi cum a fost vindecat, |
| Russian | еУМЙ ПФ ОБУ УЕЗП"ОС ФТЕ'ХАФ ПФЧЕФБ Ч 'МБЗП"ЕСОЙЙ ЮЕМПЧЕЛХ ОЕНПЭОПНХ, ЛБЛ ПО ЙУ"ЕМЕО, |
| Shuar | Ju aishman nuik shutuap amia nu pénker ajasmari anintrarme. Kame itiurak pénker ajasuit Tátsurmek. |
| Spanish | Si hoy somos investigados acerca del bien hecho a un hombre enfermo, de qué manera éste ha sido sanado, |
| Swahili | Ikiwa mnatuuliza leo juu ya kile kitendo chema alichofanyiwa yule mtu aliyekuwa kiwete na jinsi alivyopata kuwa mzima, |
| Swedish | eftersom vi i dag underkastas rannsakning för en god gärning mot en sjuk man och tillfrågas varigenom denne har blivit botad, |
| Thai | ถ้าท่านทั้งหลายจะถามพวกเราในวันนี้ถึงการ"ีซึ่งไ"้ทำแก่คนป่วยนี้ว่า เขาหายเป็นปกติ"้วยเหตุอันใ"แล้ว |
| Ukrainian | Як сьогодні беруть нас на допит про те добродійство недужій людині, як вона вздоровлена, |
| Uma | Hewa toe lau niparesa' -kai, apa' mpotulungi-kai tauna to pungku toi-e, doko' ni'inca beiwa-kai mpaka'uri' -i. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "deed": deeded, deedier, deediest, deeding, deedless, deeds, deedy. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "deed": indeed, misdeed. (additional references) | |
Words containing "deed": misdeeds. (additional references) | |
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"Deed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adeed, cead, daed, daid, deada, dede, deder, dee, deec, dee-dah, deede, deee, deef, Deeg, deej, deek, deel, deet, deey, defeod, deid, dej, delead, demed, dend, deod, deped, deq, deud, deux, deved, dewd, dex, dezed, di'ed, djed, doad, do'ed, doid, dred, dreed, dued, duoed, dwed, dwee, dweed, dyd, dyv, dyx, edad, edde, edec, eded, edew, Eed, ndeed. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "deed" (pronounced dē"d) |
| 3 | d ē" d | indeed, misdeed. |
| 2 | -ē" d | accede, agreed, bead, bleed, Brede, breed, cede, concede, creed, decreed, degreed, disagreed, exceed, feed, freed, greed, guaranteed, heed, impede, intercede, keyed, knead, kneed, lipide, mead, mislead, misread, need, overfeed, peed, plead, precede, proceed, recede, Reed, reread, reseed, screed, secede, seed, skied, speed, stampede, Steed, succeed, supersede, swede, teed, Tweed, weed. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-e" | |
-1 letter: dee. | |
-2 letters: de, ed. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-d-e-e" | |
+1 letter: ceded, deeds, deedy, deked, deled, dewed, dreed, edged, ended, reded. | |
+2 letters: beaded, bedded, bedder, bended, deaden, deader, deaned, deaved, decade, decide, decked, decode, deduce, deeded, deemed, defend, defied, deiced, delead, delude, delved, demode, demoed, denied, denned, dented, denude, depend, deride, deuced, dieted, dredge, dudeen, dueled, duende, eddied, eddies, eddoes, edited, educed, elided, eluded, endued, eroded, evaded, exuded, fended, feuded, gelded, headed, heddle, hedged, heeded, herded, indeed, kedged, leaded, meddle, melded, mended, needed, peddle, pended, redded, redden, redder, reddle, redyed, reeded, rended, seeded, sended, sueded, tedded, tedder, tended, vended, wedded, wedder, wedged, weeded, welded, wended. | |
+3 letters: acceded, adeemed, adhered, amended, bearded, bedders, bedewed, bedside, betided, bielded, blended, breaded, cudweed, davened, deadens, deadest, deadeye, deaired, deashed, debased, debated, debited, deboned, debride, debuted, decades, decayed, decided, decider, decides, decoded, decoder, decodes, decoyed, decreed, decried, deduced, deduces, deedier, deeding, defaced, defamed, defends, defiled, defined, defused, defuzed, degrade, degreed, deicide, deified, deigned, delated, delayed, deleads, deleted, delimed, deluded, deluder, deludes, deluged, demised, demoded, demoted, denoted, denuded, denuder, denudes, depends, deponed, deposed, depside, deputed, derated, derided, derider, derides, derived, descend, desexed, desired, detoxed, detrude, develed, deviled, devised, devoted, dewaxed, dizened, dovened, doweled, dowered, dozened, dreaded, dreamed, dredged, dredger, dredges, dreidel, dressed, dudeens, duelled, duendes, duetted, dwelled, dyeweed, edified, emended, encoded, endited, endowed, endured, excided, fielded, fledged, heddles, ideated, impeded, indexed, kneaded, ladened, medaled, meddled, meddler, meddles, misdeed, modeled, needled, ordered, pedaled, peddled, peddler, peddles, pleaded, pledged, readded, readied, receded, recoded, redated, reddens, redders, reddest, reddled, reddles, redhead, redried, reduced, resided, rodeoed, scended, seceded, sedated, seduced, seedbed, seedpod, shedded, shedder, sledded, sledder, sledged, snedded, speeded, steaded, tedders, teddies, treaded, treddle, trended, unended, upended, wedders, wedeled, widened, wielded, yielded, yodeled. | |
+4 letters: adherend, advected, adverted, aldehyde, appended, ascended, attended, badgered, bedamned, bedaubed, beddable, bedecked, bedimmed, bedotted, bedraped, bedsides, bedstead, bedumbed, bedunced, befuddle, begirded, beheaded, beladied, belauded, bemadden, bemuddle, bendayed, bindweed, birdseed, bordered, budgeted, burdened, cadenced, cheddite, cindered, coedited, coheaded, conceded, credenda, credited, cudgeled, cudweeds, dackered, daggered, daikered, damneder, dampened, dandered, danegeld, daneweed, dangered, darkened, darneder, deaconed, deadbeat, deadened, deadener, deadeyes, deadhead, deadlier, deadline, deadness, deafened, dealated, deathbed, debarked, debarred, debeaked, debrided, debrides, debugged, debunked, decadent, decamped, decanted, deceased, decedent, deceived, decerned, deciders, deciduae, declared, declawed, declined, decocted, decoders, decupled, decurved, dedicate, deducted, deediest, deedless, deepened, deerweed, deeryard, defanged, defatted, defeated, defected, defended, defender, defensed, deferred, defilade, deflated, defleaed, deflexed, defoamed, defogged, deforced, deformed, defrayed, defunded, degassed, degermed, deglazed, degraded, degrader, degrades, degummed, degusted, dehisced, dehorned, dehorted, deicides, dejected, deleaded, deleaved, delisted, deloused, deluders, demanded, demander, demarked, demasted, demeaned, demented, demerged, demitted, demobbed, demurred, dendrite, dentated, dentiled, denudate, denuders, departed, depended, depermed, depicted, deplaned, depleted, deplored, deployed, deplumed, deported, depraved, deprived, depsides, derailed, deranged, deratted, deriders, desalted, desanded, descends, descried, deserted, deserved, designed, desisted, desorbed, despised, despited, destined, detached, detailed, detained, detected, deterged, deterred, detested, deticked, detoured, detruded, detrudes, deucedly, devalued, deveined, devested, deviated, devilled, devoiced, devolved, devoured, dewooled, dewormed, dezinced, diademed, diapered, dickered, dieseled, differed, digested, directed, diseased, dithered, diverged, diverted, divested, docketed, doddered, dodderer, dogeared, donnered, dopehead, dowelled, dredgers, dreidels, drenched, driveled, duckweed, duplexed, durneder, dyeweeds, educated, embedded, embodied, endeared, endoderm, endorsed, enfolded, engilded, engirded, exceeded, excluded, expanded, expended, exploded, extended, extruded, fendered, fidgeted, foddered, friended, gandered, gardened, gendered, hardedge, hardened, heralded, hindered, hoidened, hoydened, imbedded, impended, indebted, indented, inedited, intended, juddered, laddered, loudened, maddened, medalled, meddlers, mediated, mildened, mildewed, misdeeds, modelled, moldered, murdered, offended, overdyed, pandered, pedalled, peddlers, peddlery, pedicled, perdured, pervaded, pondered, pondweed, powdered, preceded, precoded, predated, prefaded, preluded, presided, rebidden, rebodied, recorded, redacted, reddened, redecide, redeemed, redefied, redemand, redenied, redheads, redialed, redipped, redivide, redlined, redocked, redonned, redubbed, reedbird, reedited, refolded, refunded, regarded, regilded, regraded, rejudged, reloaded, remanded, remedied, remended, reminded, remolded, rendered, resaddle, reseeded, resodded, respaded, retarded, rewarded, rewedded, rewelded, rewinded, reworded, saddened, screeded, secluded, seconded, seedbeds, seedpods, shedders, shielded, shredded, shredder, sledders, soddened, soldered, steadied, sundered, tendered, threaded, treadled, treddled, treddles, tuxedoed, tweedled, unbended, undecked, undenied, underfed, unedited, unevaded, unhedged, unheeded, unideaed, unleaded, unmended, unneeded, unseeded, untended, unwedded, unweeded, unwelded, verdured, wandered, wheedled, wildered, wondered, yodelled. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 65 64 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . . -.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0065 0064 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38717170 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Frequency 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Orthography 23. Bibliography |
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