Definition of "deem" in Englisch

verb

1. (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.

2. (ambitransitive) To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.

4. (transitive, obsolete) To adjudge, to decree.

5. (transitive, obsolete) To dispense (justice); to administer (law).

noun

1. (obsolete) An opinion, a judgment, a surmise.