English
Etymology
OE. ded#Old English|dÄd, (West Saxon) dæd|dÇ£d, from Ger. *-dÄdi-, from PIE. *dÊ°Äti-. Cognate with Dutch daad, German Tat, Swedish dÃ¥d. The PIE root is also the source of Greek θÎÏιÏ, Latin conditio.
Pronunciation
IPA|/di:d/
audio|en-us-deed.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-iËd|-iËd
Noun
en-noun
- An action or act; something that is done.
#:I will punish whomever is responsible for this deed!
- A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.
#:The knight's deeds won the hearts of the people.
- Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation.
#:I have fulfilled my promise in word and in deed.
- law A legal contract showing bond.
#:I inherited the deed to the house.
Synonyms
italbrac-colon|action act, action
Translations
trans-top|action
Arabic: ARchar|عÙ
Ù unicode|(Êámal) m
Catalan: fet m, acte m
Chinese: è¡çº, è¡ä¸º (xÃngwéi)
Czech: skutek m, Äin m
Dutch: daad f
Ewe: dÉwÉwÉ
Finnish: teko, toimi
French: haut fait m, acte m, action f
German: Tat f, Akt m
Hebrew: ××¢×©× (ma'ase) m
Italian: fatto m
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Japanese: è¡çº (ããã, kÅi)
Korean: íì (haeng-wi)
Kurdish: KUchar|کار, KUchar|کردÙâÙÙâ
Portuguese: ação f
Russian: поÑÑÑпок (postúpok) m
Spanish: acto m, acción f, obra f
Swedish: gärning
Telugu: à°à°°à±à°¯ (charya)
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trans-top|legal contract
Arabic: ARchar|ÙØ«ÙÙØ© (waθÃ:qa) f
Dutch: akte f
Finnish: asiakirja
French: acte notarié m
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Portuguese: ato m
Russian: Ð°ÐºÑ (akt) m, докÑÐ¼ÐµÐ½Ñ (dokumént) m
Spanish: acta f, escritura f, tÃtulo m
Telugu: à°à°ªà±à°ªà°à°¦à° (oppandam)
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Category:English palindromes
Verb
en-verb
- colloquial To transfer real property by deed.
#: He deeded over the mineral rights to some fellas from Denver.
Dutch
Verb
deed
- (singular past tense of doen) did
Scots
Verb
deed
- past participle of|dee|lang=Scots
- South Scots past participle of|dei|lang=Scots
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