deem
to hold as an opinion; think; regard as: He deemed it wise to refuse the offer.
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How to use deem in a sentence
How does the world owe you a private car, priced as you deem acceptable, that didn't exist five years ago?
In Defense of Uber’s Awful Sydney Surge Pricing | Olivia Nuzzi | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYou rigidly avoid any food you deem to be “unhealthy,” such as those containing fat, preservatives, additives or animal products.
Orthorexia: When Healthy Eating Becomes an Obsession | DailyBurn | October 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe panelists then proceed to screen out anyone they deem unfit for marriage.
Let us, through persuasion and education, seek to improve institutions we deem defective.
One can hardly pay literature a greater compliment than to deem it dangerous, be it said even in passing.
Norman Manea Survived the Nazis and the Communists and Lived to Write About It | Costica Bradatan | April 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
This rather is, I should deem, the more perilous, and a plainer and better object for philosophical attack.
Again, they deem it wise to get a colour at any price, which can only be done in our day by the use of spirit varnish.
Violins and Violin Makers | Joseph PearceShe did not deem it worth while to go in search of any of the fashionable acquaintances from whom she had withdrawn herself.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinAll this sounds like a chapter from the dark ages, of long, long ago, and we do not deem such things possible now.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerBut why deem any argument necessary to show the unrighteousness of colonization?
British Dictionary definitions for deem
/ (diːm) /
(tr) to judge or consider: I do not deem him worthy of this honour
Origin of deem
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