{
    "term": "deem",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "deem",
            "heSheIt": "deems"
        },
        "pastSimple": "deemed",
        "pastParticiple": "deemed",
        "ingForm": "deeming"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have a particular opinion about somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "deem somebody/something + noundeem somebody/something + adj.deem somebody/something to be somethingdeem (that)…",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The evening was deemed a great success.",
                    "contextForm": "deem somebody/something + noun"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She **deemed it** prudent not to say anything.",
                    "contextForm": "deem somebody/something + adj."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I deem it an honour to be invited."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They would take any action **deemed necessary**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The strike was deemed to be illegal.",
                    "contextForm": "deem somebody/something to be something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Inspectors deemed that the standard of teaching was unsatisfactory.",
                    "contextForm": "deem (that)…"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "consider",
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/diːm/",
                "audio": "de/deem/deem__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/diːmz/",
                "audio": "de/deem/deems__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/diːmd/",
                "audio": "de/deem/deemed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdiːmɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/deem/deeming__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/diːm/",
                "audio": "de/deem/deem__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/diːmz/",
                "audio": "de/deem/deems__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/diːmd/",
                "audio": "de/deem/deemed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdiːmɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/deem/deeming__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English dēman (also in the sense ‘act as judge’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch doeman, also to doom."
}