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Deems

/diːmz/

An opinion, a judgment, a surmise.

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📖 Definitions of "Deems"

noun

1
An opinion, a judgment, a surmise.

verb

1
To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.
2
To adjudge, to decree.
3
To dispense (justice); to administer (law).
4
(ditransitive) To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.
"She deemed his efforts insufficient."

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Deems"

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Word	Definition
take forverb	To regard as.
holdverb	(transitive) To grasp or grip.
view asverb	keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
arguesverb	(intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.
assessesverb	(transitive) To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate.
attachesnoun	Alternative form of attachés.
believesverb	(transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
concludesverb	(transitive) To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
considersverb	(transitive) To think about seriously.
contendsverb	(intransitive) To be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
determinesverb	To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
estimatesverb	To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.
expressesverb	(transitive) To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.
feelsnoun	(colloquial) Feelings; emotions; especially, tender sentiment.
findsverb	(transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
holdsverb	(transitive) To grasp or grip.
judgeverb	A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
judgesnoun	(biblical) The seventh book of the Old Testament, and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh.
maintainsverb	To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
opinesverb	(intransitive, transitive) To express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).