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Definition: Deem |
DeemVerb1. Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view; "take for granted"; "view as important"; "hold these truths to be self-evident"; "I hold him personally responsible". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "deem" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonyms: DeemSynonyms: hold (v), take for (v), view as (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Belief | View as, consider as, take as, hold as, conceive as, regard as, esteem as, deem as, look upon as, account as, set down as; surmise. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Deem |
| English words defined with "deem": consider ♦ Deemed, Deeming ♦ reckon, regard ♦ see ♦ view. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "deem": Haltios ♦ Sanitary and phytosanitary measures and agreements, Skopts, Skopti. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "deem": Addeem. (references) |
| Author | Quotation |
Plato | They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | And if we shall not have corrected the transgression (or, in the event of our being out of the realm, if our justiciar shall not have corrected it) within forty days, reckoning from the time it has been intimated to us (or to our justiciar, if we should be out of the realm), the four barons aforesaid shall refer that matter to the rest of the five and twenty barons, and those five and twenty barons shall, together with the community of the whole realm, distrain and distress us in all possible ways, namely, by seizing our castles, lands, possessions, and in any other way they can, until redress has been obtained as they deem fit, saving harmless our own person, and the persons of our queen and children; and when redress has been obtained, they shall resume their old relations towards us. (reference) |
US Constitution | 1791 | The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The tribunal may, if necessary, fix also the amount which it may deem just should be paid by reason of the use of the rights during the war. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | I deem it not likely that he will betray the secret. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | As this is the history of many minds of our time, we deem it useful to follow these phases step by step, and to indicate them all. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Convention on the Rights of the Child they deem a priority. (references) | |
The SETA or the Director-General may set any terms and conditions for funding they deem necessary and they will monitor the funded program. (references) | ||
Feeling the recent pressures of free-market competition, they deem necessary the improvement of their facilities and the provision of better services for their patients. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Yemen | However, authorities monitor foreign publications, banning those that they deem harmful to national interests. (references) |
Thailand | Stations occasionally censor or "black out" portions of programming that they deem politically sensitive or pornographic. (references) | |
Nicaragua | The law also contains clauses that deem uncredentialed journalists to be vagrants, subject to fine if caught practicing their profession. (references) | |
Economic History | Bangladesh | All these factors keep Bangladesh from reaching the minimum 7.0% sustained annual economic growth rate experts deem necessary to lift it out of poverty. (references) |
Cyprus | The aforementioned liberalization measures do not affect the obligation of all investors to register their investments with the Central Bank and to furnish it with any information and statistical data the Central Bank may deem necessary. (references) | |
Korea | Many large Korean businesses and venture companies actively seek executive training programs in the U.S. for their staff since they value the programs offered at U.S. higher education institutions for what they deem as high in quality, offering an international scope, and providing novel management curricula. (references) | |
Human Rights | Italy | When acting as prosecutors, judges can appeal verdicts, including sentences they deem too lenient. (references) |
Romania | Security officials may enter residences without proper authorization from a prosecutor if they deem a threat to national security to be "imminent;" however, such actions are rare. (references) | |
Pakistan | Hadd punishments regarding sexual offences are most severe for married Muslims; for example, if a married Muslim man confesses to rape or there are four adult male Muslim witnesses to the act, the accused must be stoned to death; if the accused rapist is not Muslim or married, if he confesses, or if the act is witnessed by four adult males (not all Muslim), the accused must be sentenced to 100 lashes with a whip, and such other punishment, including death, as the court may deem fit. (references) | |
Political Economy | BRAZIL | In June 2001, the United States agreed to terminate the WTO proceeding, without prejudice, based on Brazil's commitment to hold talks with the United States should it deem it necessary to grant a compulsory license. (references) |
Travel | Vietnam | Visitors are strongly advised not to have any information on their computers that the authorities of Vietnam might deem pornographic or politically sensitive. (references) |
Worker Rights | Suriname | However, there is no law authorizing workers to refuse to work in circumstances they deem unsafe. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | But considering the late manifestations of her policy toward foreign nations, I deem it a duty deliberately and solemnly to declare my opinion that whether we negotiate with her or not, vigorous preparations for war will be alike indispensable. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Meeting in you a new Congress, I deem it proper to present this view of public affairs in greater detail than might otherwise be necessary. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | I deem it my duty again to call your attention to the condition of the District of Columbia. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | Doing this I deem to be only a simple duty on my part, and I shall perform it so far as practicable unless my rightful masters, the American people, shall withhold the requisite means or in some authoritative manner direct the contrary. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | My friends, before I begin the expression of those thoughts that I deem appropriate to this moment, would you permit me the privilege of uttering a little private prayer of my own. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Deem" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 50.91% of the time. "Deem" is used about 110 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 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 50.91% | 56 | 45,296 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 39.09% | 43 | 52,181 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.36% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.73% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (common) | 0.91% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 110 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "deem" 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 |
| Deem | Last name | 1,000 | 10,105 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "deem": deem highly of ♦ deem likely ♦ deem smth. necessary ♦ deem suitable. Additional references. | |
| 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 |
deem | 17 |
deem realty | 5 |
bill deem | 4 |
mile deem | 4 |
deem epa | 2 |
george deem | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "deem"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | meen (account, accredit, believe, guess, presume, suppose, surmise), kyk na (consider, look, look at, regard, view, watch), kyk (consider, look, look at, regard, view, watch), glo (account, accredit, believe), dink (account, do think, opine, think), besien (consider, look, regard, see, view, watch), ag (account, accredit, acuity, advertence, advertency, ah, attention, believe, consider, eight, esteem, look, oh, opine, ow, regard, think, think well of, view, watch, woe), aankyk (consider, look, regard, view, watch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mendoj (believe, conceive, consider, contemplate, deliberate, dream up, elaborate, expect, fancy, feel, figure, guess, hold, imagine, judge, mean, opine, ponder, rate, reason, reckon for, reflect, regard, repute, say, study, suppose, take, think, Trow, try, understand, ween), jam i mendimit, besue (account, accredit, believe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حسب (calculate, cast, cipher, compute, figure, from, gather, in his element, number, on, pursuant to, rank, reason, reckon, score, tally, tell), إعتقد (believe, calculate, conceive, consider, imagine, reckon, say, suppose, think), إعتبر (account, adjudge, assume, consider, count, externalize, figure, hold the view, look at, make, number, ponder, rate, reckon, see, set, treat), رأى رأيا. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | считам (conceive, esteem, guess, hold, look on, make, reckon, regard, repute, see, suppose, think, vote), смятам (adjudge, calculate, cipher, consider, count, feel, figure, find, guess, judge, number, opine, reckon, regard, see, set down, take, ween, work). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catalan | veure (consider, look, regard, see, to see, view, watch), mirar (consider, look, regard, view, watch), creure (account, accredit, believe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 视为 (Deemed, Deeming). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | považovat (call, consider, count, find, reckon, regard), pokládat (put down), mínit (aim, mean, opine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tro (account, accredit, belief, belief measure, believe, faithful, guess, loyal, presume, suppose, surmise, upright), se på (consider, look, look at, regard, view, watch), betragte (consider, glance, look, look at, regard, to look, view, watch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | menen (account, accredit, behind believe, believe, guess, presume, suppose, surmise), houden voor (account, accredit, behind believe, believe), geloven (account, accredit, behind believe, believe, opine, think). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | rigardi kiel (consider, see as), rigardi (consider, look, look at, regard, view, watch), opinii (opine, think), kredi (believe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | trúgva (account, accredit, believe), líta at (consider, look, regard, view, watch), hyggja at (consider, look, regard, view, watch), halda (account, accredit, believe, celebrate, guess, hang onto, have a subscription, hold, presume, retain, suppose, surmise, take in), eygfara (consider, contemplate, envisage, look, look at, regard, view, watch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فرض کردن (Adjudge, Aim, Assume, Count, Hypothesize, Imagine, Posit, Presume, Put, Repute, Suppose), پنداشتن (Assume, Coneive, Count, Imagine, Suppose, Take), خیال کردن (Think). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | uskoa (account, accredit, believe, confide, entrust to, trust, trust a person with, trust oneself to), katsella (be looking on, consider, look, look on, regard, view, watch), arvella (about, account, consider, hesitate, opine, suppose, think). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | croire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | miene (account, opine, think), leauwe (account, accredit, belief, believe, religion), besjen (consider, look, regard, to sightsee, view, watch), achtsje (account, consider, look, opine, regard, think, view, watch), achtenearje (account, consider, look, opine, regard, think, view, watch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | erachten (account, calculate, consider, count, figure, find, judge, opine, think, work out), befinden (account, be, be situated, condition, decide, emotional state, find, make a decision, opine, opinion, state of health, think). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | θεωρώ (assume, consider, contemplate, count, envisage, judge, regard, repute, speculate, to approve beforehand, view). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaiian | besue (account, accredit, believe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לסבור (believe, mean, opine, reckon, suppose, surmise, think). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vél (believe, imagine, opine, presume, reckon, think, to calculate, to conceit, to guess, to presume, to put down, to surmise, to trow), tekint (glance, look, to consider, to look, to reckon, to regard, to take for granted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | trúa (account, accredit, believe), mér finnst (account, opine, think). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menganggap (categorize, look upon, regard as). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | creid (account, accredit, believe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | credere (account, accredit, believe, calculate, consider oneself, credit, imagine, reckon, suppose, think, trust, understand), guardare (be careful, behold, consider, defend, eye, face, gaze at, glance at, have a look at, look, look after, look at, look at oneself, look on, look out on, observe, regard, see, to look, view, watch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 幸"である (to be very glad, to deem a favor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "うじ"である (to be very glad, to deem a favor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 간주하십시" (no-account). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | tro (account, accredit, belief, believe, faith), synes (account, find, look, opine, think). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | weta (consider, look, regard, view, watch), weita (consider, look, regard, view, watch), wak (consider, look, regard, view, watch), opiná (account, opine, think), kere (account, accredit, believe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eemday wierzyć, patrzeć, mniemać, śadzieć. (various references) acreditar (accredit, accreditation, accreditation procedure, believe, come to believe, consider, credit, guarantee, take in, think, to accredit, Trow), julgar (accept, account, accredit, adjudge, adjudicate, allow, arbitrate, award, believe, conceive, count, decide, fancy, find, guessing, hold, imagine, judge, measure, opine, repute, suppose, think, try, understand), crer (accredit, believe, confide, entrust, fancy, have confidence in, judge, suppose, Trow, trust, ween). (various references) socoti (account, believe, calculate, call, cipher out, compute, consider, count, esteem, examine, fancy, feel, figure, find, guess, hold, imagine, judge, make, number, put, rate, reckon, regard, suppose, tally, think, work out), judeca (adjudge, adjudicate, calculate, censure, condemn, criticize, discuss, give, judge, ratiocinate, reason, slate, think, try), gândi (believe, hesitate, hope, imagine, reason, reflect, ruminate, suppose, think), crede (account, accredit, assume, believe, consider, credit, expect, fancy, figure, guess, imagine, put credit in, reckon, seeing is believing, suppose, think), considera (call, consider, count, debate, describe as, esteem, examine, fancy, feel, find, give smb. credit for, guess, hold, interpret, judge, make, make out, personalize, put, rank, rate, regard, see, think), aprecia (appraise, appreciate, assess, consider, determine, estimate, feel, gauge, guess, judge, measure, prize, put, rate, reckon, score, see, value, weigh). (various references) считать (account, be of the opinion, consider, consider [], count, date, deeming, esteem, guess, look on, number, rate, reckon, regard, regarded, think, think of as, think to be), полагать (believe, count, guess, opine, reckon, repute, suppose, think, trow). (various references) seall (behold, consider, look, regard, see, view, watch), saoil (a mark, imagine, suppose, think), creid (account, accredit, believe), coimhead (appear, consider, emerge, look, looking, observing, perform, regard, view, watch, watching), amhairc (consider, look, observe, regard, view, watch). (various references) smatrati (consider, look on, regard, take, think, ween), misliti (opine, reckon, think). (various references) creer (account, accredit, believe, consider, create, depend, expect, fancy, guess, hold against, hope, look at, make, suppose, think, think over, trust), ver (come on, consider, envisage, eye, hear, lie back, look, look at, notice, regard, see, see into, try, view, watch, witness), observar (behold, catch one's eye, catch sight, consider, eye, keep, look, look at, mind, monitor, note, notice, observe, preserve, regard, remark, sight, spy, view, watch), mirar (consider, eye, glance, look, look about, look after, look around, look at, look on, look to, peer, regard, see, survey, touch on, view, watch), contemplar (account, consider, contemplate, esteem, gaze at, look, look at, regard, take into account, view, watch). (various references) waki (consider, look, regard, view, watch), luku (consider, look, regard, view, watch), bribi (account, accredit, believe). (various references) anse (account, allow, consider, feel, find, hold, look on, opine, reckon, repute, think). (various references) tignán (consider, look, regard, see, view, watch), naniniwal (account, accredit, believe). (various references) dikkate almak (consider, consult, debate, Mark, pay attention to, reckon among, reckon with, regard, take account of, take cognizance of, take into account, take notice), zannetmek (conjecture, guess, suppose, surmise, take for, think), varsaymak (conjecture, count, hypothesize, posit, presume, reckon as, reckon for, say, suppose), saymak (account, assume, calculate, class, consider, count, count down, count in, count off, count up, enumerate, honor, honour, number, number off, number to, rank, rate, reckon, reckon as, reckon for, regard, regard as, repute, respect, suppose, tally, think, treat as), inanmak (be persuaded that, be sold on, believe, buy, credit, esteem, give credence to, put faith in, rely, swallow, trust), farzetmek (assume, call, fancy, imagine, opine, posit, presume, reckon as, reckon for, repute, say, suppose, theorize), bakmak (answer, attend, behold, care for, concern oneself, consider, consult, do for, face, feed, fend for, find, Foster, front, front on to, give a look, groom, have a frontage on, have a look-see, keep, look, look after, look at, look on, look out, look through, look upon, maintain, make sure, nurse, overlook, put out to nurse, refer, regard, scan, see, see to, set eyes on, sight, sit in, suckle, superintend, supervise, support, survey, take a gander, take a look, take a look at, tend, turn up, view, wait on, wait upon, watch), ínanmak (account, accredit, believe). (various references) гадати (allot, conjecture, consider, opine, propose, suppose), вважати (account, allot, allow, assume, believe, calculate, conceive, consider, count, opine, posit, rate, repute, set down, suspect, think), думати (dream, have in mind, imagine, presume, ratiocinate, think). (various references) edrych (behold, consider, look, look at, regard, view, watch), credu (account, accredit, believe). (various references) paktik (consider, look, regard, view, watch). (various references) -ethemba (account, accredit, believe, confide, entrust, have confidence in, have faith, have faith in, hope, trust), -bukela (consider, look, regard, view, watch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | credere, digna, dignareris, dignaretur, dignas, dignatus, digneris, dignetur, digno, opinari, rata, ratus, spectare. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Ezekiel Chapter 44, Verse 24 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai epi krisin aimatoV outoi episthsontai tou diakrinein ta dikaiwmata mou dikaiwsousin kai ta krimata mou krinousin kai ta nomima mou kai ta prostagmata mou en pasaiV taiV eortaiV mou fulaxontai kai ta sabbata mou agiasousin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et cum fuerit controversia stabunt in iudiciis meis et iudicabunt leges meas et praecepta mea in omnibus sollemnitatibus meis custodient et sabbata mea sanctificabunt |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And whann debate shal be, thei shuln stonde in my domys, and thei shuln deem my lawis; and thei shuln kepe my heestis in alle my solempnyteese, and thei shuln halewe my sabothis. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | In any cause, they are to be in the position of judges, judging in harmony with my decisions: they are to keep my laws and my rules in all my fixed feasts; and they are to keep my Sabbaths holy. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Ezekiel Chapter 44, Verse 24 |
| Bulgarian | И в препирните те нека стоят да съдят; според Моите съдби нека ги съдят; и нека пазят законите Ми и повеленията Ми във всичките Ми определени празници; и нека освещават съботите Ми. |
| Cebuano | Ug kong adunay usa ka pagkalalis, sila motindog sa paghukom niini; sumala sa akong mga tulomanon sa magahusay niini; ug sila magabantay sa akong mga sugo ug sa akong kabalaoran sa tanan ko nga mga tinudlong pangilin: ug sila magabalaan sa akong mga adlawng igpapahulay. |
| Chinese | 有 爭 訟 的 事 、 他 們 應 當 站 立 判 斷 . 要 按 我 的 典 判 斷 . 在 我 一 切 的 節 期 必 守 我 的 律 法 、 條 例 . 也 必 以 我 的 安 息 日 為 聖 日 。 |
| Croatian | U parnicama oni neka budu suci: neka sude po mojim zakonima; i neka èuvaju zakone i uredbe o svim mojim blagdanima i neka svetkuju moje subote. |
| Danish | Ved Retstrætter skal de optræde som Dommere; efter mine Lovbud skal de dømme. De skal overholde mine Love og Vedtægter på alle mine Højtidsdage og helligholde mine Sabbater. |
| Dutch | En over een twistzaak zullen zij staan om te richten; naar Mijn rechten zullen zij hen richten; en zij zullen Mijn wetten en Mijn inzettingen op al Mijn gezette hoogtijden houden, en Mijn sabbatten heiligen. |
| Finnish | Riita-asioissa he seisokoot tuomitsemassa ja tuomitkoot niissä minun oikeuksieni mukaan. Minun lakejani ja käskyjäni he noudattakoot kaikkien minun juhlieni vietossa ja pyhittäkööt minun sapattini. |
| French | Ils seront juges dans les contestations, et ils jugeront d`après mes lois. Ils observeront aussi mes lois et mes ordonnances dans toutes mes fêtes, et ils sanctifieront mes sabbats. |
| German | Und wo eine Sache vor sie kommt, sollen sie stehen und richten und nach meinen Rechten sprechen und sollen meine Gebote und Sitten halten und alle meine Feste halten und meine Sabbate heiligen. |
| Haitian Creole | Lè yon moun gen kont ak yon lòt, se prèt yo ki va jije yo dapre sa ki nan lalwa mwen an. Se yo ki pou òganize tout fèt mwen yo dapre lòd ak regleman mwen bay. Jou repo m' yo, yo pa gen dwa fè ankenn travay. |
| Hungarian | És peres ügyben õk álljanak elõ ítélni, az én törvényeim szerint ítéljék meg azt; és tanításaimat s rendeléseimet megtartsák minden ünnepemen, és az én szombataimat megszenteljék. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kalau timbul perselisihan perkara hukum, mereka harus menyelesaikannya sesuai dengan hukum-hukum-Ku. Mereka harus merayakan pesta-pesta agama, menurut aturan-aturan dan hukum-hukum-Ku, serta menghormati Sabat sebagai hari yang khusus untuk-Ku. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dan mereka itu akan berdiri atas segala acara akan memutuskan hukum seperti hakim seturut segala hukum-Ku, dan hendaklah dipeliharakannya segala hukum-Ku dan segala syariat-Ku dan dipegangnya segala masa raya-Ku dan disucikannya segala sabat-Ku. |
| Italian | Nelle liti essi saranno i giudici e decideranno secondo le mie leggi. In tutte le mie feste osserveranno le mie leggi e i miei statuti e santificheranno i miei sabati. |
| Korean | 송 사 하 " 일 을 재 판 하 되 내 규 례 대 로 재 판 것 이 며 내 모 " 한 기 에 " 내 법 도 와 율 례 를 지 킬 것 이 며 또 내 안 식 일 을 거 룩 케 하 며 |
| Maori | I te tautohetohenga hoki me tu ratou hei whakawa; kia rite ano a ratou whakawa ki aku whakawa; me pupuri e ratou aku ture, me aku tikanga i roto i aku hakari whakarite katoa; me whakatapu ano e ratou aku hapati. |
| Modern Greek | Και εν ταις αμφισβητησεσιν ουτοι θελουσιν ιστασθαι δια να κρινωσι· κατα τας κρισεις μου θελουσι κρινει αυτας και θελουσι φυλαττει τα νομιμα μου και τα διαταγματα μου εν πασαις ταις εορταις μου· και θελουσιν αγιαζει τα σαββατα μου. |
| Norwegian | I rettssaker skal de stå frem og dømme, efter mine forskrifter skal de dømme i dem; mine lover og bud skal de holde på alle mine høitider, og mine sabbater skal de holde hellige. |
| Portuguese | No caso de uma controvérsia, assistirão a ela para a julgarem; pelos meus juízos a julgarão. E observarão as minhas leis e os meus estatutos em todas as minhas festas fixas, e santificarão os meus sábados. |
| Rumanian | Vor judeca kn neknyelegeri, wi vor hotqrk dupq legile Mele. Vor pqzi deasemenea legile wi poruncile Mele, la toate sqrbqtorile Mele, wi vor sfinyi Sabatele Mele. |
| Russian | рТЙ У ПТОЩИ "ЕМБИ ПОЙ "ПМЦОЩ ТЙУХФУФЧПЧБФШ Ч УХ"Е, Й П ХУФБЧБН нПЙН УХ"ЙФШ ЙИ, Й ОБ'МА"БФШ ЪБЛПОЩ нПЙ Й ПУФБОПЧМЕОЙС нПЙ П ЧУЕИ ТБЪ"ОЙЛБИ нПЙИ, Й УЧСФП ИТБОЙФШ УХ''ПФЩ нПЙ. |
| Spanish | "Ellos estarán para juzgar en los pleitos. Conforme a mis juicios los juzgarán. "Guardarán mis instrucciones y mis estatutos en todas mis festividades, y santificarán mis sábados. |
| Swedish | Och i rättssaker skola de uppträda såsom domare och skola avdöma dem efter mina rätter. Och mina lagar och stadgar skola de iakttaga vid alla mina högtider, och mina sabbater skola de hålla heliga. >5 Mos. 17,8 f. 2 Krön. 19,10. Mal. 2,7. |
| Thai | ถ้ามีค"ี เขาจะต้องกระทำหน้าที่ผู้พิพากษา และเขาจะต้องพิพากษาตามคำตั"สินของเรา ในบรร"างานเทศกาลตามกำหน"ของเรานั้นเขาจะต้องรักษาราชบัญญัติและกฎเก"ฑ์ของเรา และเขาจะต้องรักษาวันสะบาโตทั้งหลายของเราให้บริสุทธิ์ |
| Ukrainian | А в суперечці вони стануть, щоб судити, правосуддям Моїм розсудять її, і будуть стерегти Закони Мої, і устави Мої при всіх святах Моїх, і суботи Мої будуть святити! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "deem": deemed, deeming, deemphasize, deemphasized, deemphasizes, deemphasizing, deems, deemster, deemsters. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "deem": adeem, coredeem, misdeem, redeem. (additional references) | |
Words containing "deem": adeemed, adeeming, adeems, coredeemed, coredeeming, coredeems, irredeemable, irredeemably, misdeemed, misdeeming, misdeems, redeemable, redeemed, redeemer, redeemers, redeeming, redeems, unredeemable, unredeemed. (additional references) | |
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"Deem" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adeem, ceem, daim, daum, dazem, deam, deame, decem, dee, deec, deee, deef, Deeg, deej, deek, deel, deemy, deen, deene, deey, Degen, deh, dehmc, deik, Deim, dein, deium, dej, Deken, delem, delema, dem, Demek, demen, demet, demp, Denemy, deom, deon, deq, derm, deum, deun, Deven, deyen, dfen, Dheen, Dieme, diemy, diesem, diom, dium, Djem, Djemel, dnem, doam, doem, do'em, doeme, Doezema, doim, dreem, dreema, dreen, Drem, ducem, duem, duim, dwee, dwem, dym, edem, edemn, edim, edm, Edme, eem, jeem, keem, meem, veem, weem. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "deem" (pronounced dē"m) |
| 3 | d ē" m | redeem. |
| 2 | -ē" m | agleam, beam, bream, cream, creme, dream, esteem, extreme, gleam, Hakim, passim, ream, regime, scheme, scream, seam, seem, steam, stream, supreme, team, teem, theme, upstream. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: deme, meed. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-m" | |
-1 letter: dee, eme, med. | |
-2 letters: de, ed, em, me. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-m" | |
+1 letter: adeem, deems, demes, edema, embed, emend, emyde, meeds, merde, meted, mewed. | |
+2 letters: adeems, beamed, deemed, defame, degame, degerm, delime, demean, dement, demies, demise, demode, demoed, demote, demure, deperm, edemas, embeds, emceed, emends, emerod, emoted, emydes, gemmed, helmed, hemmed, impede, itemed, meated, meddle, mediae, medley, melded, melder, melled, melted, mended, mender, mensed, meoued, meowed, merdes, merged, meshed, messed, metred, mewled, oedema, omened, permed, premed, reamed, redeem, remade, remedy, remend, seamed, seemed, teamed, teemed, temped, termed, themed. | |
+3 letters: academe, adeemed, amended, amender, amerced, beadmen, bedeman, bedemen, bedmate, bedtime, beldame, bemired, bemixed, bemused, benamed, berimed, breamed, cameoed, creamed, deeming, defamed, defamer, defames, degames, degerms, delimed, delimes, demeans, dements, demerge, demerit, demesne, demeton, demirep, demised, demises, demoded, demoses, demoted, demotes, demurer, deperms, deplume, deskmen, dimeter, dreamed, dreamer, edemata, emailed, embayed, embowed, embrued, emended, emender, emerald, emerged, emerods, emeroid, emersed, emitted, empaled, emptied, endemic, endgame, epiderm, ermined, eudemon, exhumed, exoderm, freedom, gleamed, gumweed, headmen, herdmen, homered, impeded, impeder, impedes, jemmied, leadmen, limeade, mayweed, meander, measled, medaled, meddled, meddler, meddles, medevac, mediate, medleys, medusae, melamed, melders, menaced, menders, merited, metaled, metered, mettled, midweek, mimeoed, misdeed, misdeem, mitered, modeled, modeler, moderne, moneyed, moseyed, oedemas, premade, premeds, racemed, rearmed, redeems, redream, reedman, reedmen, relumed, remated, remends, remised, remixed, remodel, removed, renamed, resumed, retimed, schemed, seedman, seedmen, sidemen, smeared, smeeked, smelled, smelted, smerked, steamed, stemmed, templed, tempted, umbeled, umbered, unmewed, venomed, whelmed. | |
+4 letters: academes, adeeming, aldermen, amenders, anthemed, beadsmen, becalmed, becrimed, bedamned, bedesman, bedesmen, bedframe, bedimmed, bedimple, bedmaker, bedmates, bedtimes, bedumbed, begrimed, beldames, bemadden, bemeaned, bemisted, bemoaned, bemocked, bemuddle, benumbed, berhymed, beseemed, beshamed, beslimed, besmiled, besmoked, besmudge, bewormed, bodement, bumpered, cambered, cemented, coempted, comedies, compered, competed, coredeem, cremated, cumbered, daemones, dalesmen, damneder, dampened, dampener, decamped, decemvir, decimate, deemster, defamers, defoamed, defoamer, deformed, deformer, degermed, degummed, demanded, demander, demarche, demarked, demasted, demeaned, demeanor, demented, dementia, demerara, demerged, demerger, demerges, demerits, demersal, demesnes, demetons, demilune, demireps, demitted, demiurge, demobbed, demoness, demonise, demonize, dempster, demurely, demurest, demurred, demurrer, depermed, deplumed, deplumes, dermises, dewormed, dewormer, diademed, diameter, diemaker, dimerize, dimeters, dolesome, domelike, domineer, dreamers, dreamier, ectoderm, emanated, embalmed, embanked, embarked, embarred, embedded, emblazed, emblemed, embodied, embodier, embodies, embolden, emborder, embosked, embossed, embraced, embruted, emendate, emenders, emending, emeralds, emeroids, emplaced, emplaned, employed, emulated, enameled, enamored, encamped, endamage, endameba, endemial, endemics, endemism, endermic, endgames, endoderm, endosome, enflamed, enframed, enjambed, enmeshed, entoderm, entombed, enwombed, ependyma, epidemic, epiderms, esteemed, eudaemon, eudemons, examined, exampled, exempted, exoderms, flambeed, fomented, freedman, freedmen, freedoms, gamodeme, ganymede, gemmated, gendarme, gimleted, gumweeds, hammered, hampered, headsmen, helmeted, hempseed, hempweed, herdsmen, homebred, homemade, imbedded, immerged, immersed, immeshed, impeders, impelled, impended, impledge, inmeshed, itemised, itemized, jeremiad, lamented, leadsmen, lemonade, limbered, limeades, lumbered, maddened, maenades, mammered, mannered, marketed, marveled, mastered, mattered, mayweeds, meanders, measured, meathead, medalled, meddlers, medevacs, medflies, mediated, mediates, medicare, medicate, medicine, medieval, mediocre, meditate, medullae, megadeal, megadose, megadyne, megapode, mellowed, melodeon, melodies, melodise, melodize, membered, mendable, menhaden, mentored, mesdames, meseemed, mesoderm, messaged, metalled, midweeks, mildened, mildewed, milkweed, milleped, misdeeds, misdeems, modelers, modelled, modeller, moderate, moderner, modernes, modester, moldered, molested, mongered, monkeyed, moonseed, morseled, mothered, murdered, murderee, murderer, mustered, muttered, myxedema, nematode, numbered, odometer, oedemata, pampered, pediment, peplumed, perfumed, periderm, permuted, podomere, pommeled, prearmed, premedic, premised, premixed, presumed, pummeled, queendom, rebeldom, recombed, redamage, redeemed, redeemer, redemand, redreams, redreamt, reembody, refilmed, reformed, reframed, rehemmed, reimaged, remailed, remained, remanded, remanned, remapped, remarked, remedial, remedied, remedies, remelted, remended, remerged, reminded, reminder, reminted, remitted, remodels, remolade, remolded, repumped, reremind, reteamed, revamped, rewarmed, screamed, seadrome, sediment, seedsman, seedsmen, seedtime, semideaf, semidome, seminude, simmered, simpered, somedeal, stampede, stepdame, streamed, summered, sumpweed, tampered, tempered, timbered, trameled, trembled, tumefied, udometer, umbelled, unhelmed, unmelted, unmended, unmeshed, unseamed, welcomed, weldment, wormseed, yammered. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 65 6D |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, 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 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e e m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0065 006D |
| 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)38717179 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Quotations: Historic 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Speeches | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Names: Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Translations: Ancient 15. Bible Trace 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Orthography 20. Bibliography |
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