English

Etymology
OE. ded#Old English|d�d, (West Saxon) dæd|dǣd, from Ger. *-d�di-, from PIE. *dʰ�ti-. Cognate with Dutch daad, German Tat, Swedish dåd. The PIE root is also the source of Greek θέ�ι�, Latin conditio.

Pronunciation
IPA|/di:d/
audio|en-us-deed.ogg|Audio (US)

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�d|-i�d

Noun
en-noun

1. An action or act; something that is done.

#:I will punish whomever is responsible for this deed!

1. A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.

#:The knight's deeds won the hearts of the people.

1. Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation.

#:I have fulfilled my promise in word and in deed.

1. 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|ع�� unicode|(�ámal) m
Catalan: fet m, acte m
Chinese: ��, �为 (xíngwéi)
Czech: skutek m, �in m
Dutch: daad f
Ewe: d�w�w�
Finnish: teko, toimi
French: haut fait m, acte m, action f
German: Tat f, Akt m
Hebrew: �עש� (ma'ase) m
Italian: fatto m
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Japanese: �� (���, k�i)
Korean: �� (haeng-wi)
Kurdish: KUchar|کار, KUchar|کرد�����
Portuguese: ação f
Russian: по���пок (postúpok) m
Spanish: acto m, acción f, obra f
Swedish: gärning
Telugu: �ర�య (charya)
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trans-top|legal contract
Arabic: ARchar|�ث��ة (waθí:qa) f
Dutch: akte f
Finnish: asiakirja
French: acte notarié m
trans-mid
Portuguese: ato m
Russian: ак� (akt) m, док�мен� (dokumént) m
Spanish: acta f, escritura f, título m
Telugu: �ప�ప�ద� (oppandam)
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Category:English palindromes

Verb
en-verb

1. colloquial To transfer real property by deed.

#: He deeded over the mineral rights to some fellas from Denver.

Dutch

Verb
deed

1. (singular past tense of doen) did

Scots

Verb
deed

1. past participle of|dee|lang=Scots
2. South Scots past participle of|dei|lang=Scots

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• 2007-12-10 18:11 - DCDuring - verb

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