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deem

/diːm/

noun

Meaning

  • An opinion, a judgment, a surmise.

verb

Meaning

  • To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.

  • To adjudge, to decree.

  • To dispense (justice); to administer (law).

  • (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."

  • To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.

Synonyms

consider,
judge,
judge,
judge