deem

//diːm//
C1Frequency Level 9Formal
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Verb

deemInfinitive
deemPresent tense
deemedPast tense
deemedPast participle
deemingPresent participle
deemsThird-person singular
1

To consider or judge something to be a particular quality or in a particular way.

The committee deemed the proposal acceptable.

2

To regard or hold as; to think or believe.

The committee deemed the proposal acceptable.