They were told to take whatever action they deemed necessary.deemdeem /diːm/ ●○○ verb [transitive] formal 
They deemed that he was no longer capable of managing the business.deem something necessary/appropriate etc They were told to take whatever action they deemed necessary.be deemed to be something They were deemed to be illegal immigrants.be deemed to do something UK plans were deemed to infringe EU law.GRAMMAR: Using the progressiveDeem is not used in the progressive. You say: · He deems it his duty to report the incident. ✗Don’t say: He is deeming it his duty to report the incident.Grammar guide ‒ VERBS
WORD ORIGINdeem
Origin:
Old English demanVERB TABLE
deem
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | deem |
| he, she, it | deems | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | deemed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have deemed |
| he, she, it | has deemed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had deemed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will deem |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have deemed |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- And billboards promoting movies deemed violent or risque have their share of critics.
- Did those figures improve because of creative bean-counting techniques in which fewer calls are deemed worthy of investigation?
- Lastly, they want to give tax advantages to causes deemed worthy, or at least popular.
- Quite, the others scoffed, but that did not deem it holy.
- Rescheduling was deemed better than default.
- The clearing banks, in addition, hold at the Bank whatever operational balances they deem necessary.
- The issues the Republicans deem worthy of constitutional protection are a motley lot of special-interest pleadings.
- The Rossi style is so revered that construction of an exact copy was deemed presumptuous.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY They were told to take whatever action they deemed necessary.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
to think of something in a particular way or as having a particular quality SYN considerdeem that They were told to take whatever action they deemed necessary.· During the summer, air conditioning is considered essential.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· It was deemed too heavy, but its styling had many admirers.· In the United States, volunteers are shooed away from spill cleanup, deemed too toxic for unprotected citizens.· Staff provide the services that are deemed too lowly for the wife.· Safety requirements that in the past were deemed too expensive deserve fresh reviews.· The evidence he had provided in his report had been deemed too conjectural for the issuing of a search warrant.
They deemed that he was no longer capable of managing the business.deem something necessary/appropriate etc They were told to take whatever action they deemed necessary.be deemed to be something They were deemed to be illegal immigrants.be deemed to do something UK plans were deemed to infringe EU law.GRAMMAR: Using the progressiveDeem is not used in the progressive. You say: · He deems it his duty to report the incident. ✗Don’t say: He is deeming it his duty to report the incident.Grammar guide ‒ VERBS