name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
deed
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/diːd/
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rhymes with -iːd
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CMU ARPABET: D IY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An action or act; something that is done.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- One small deed can have one strong effect or more.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I have fulfilled my promise in word and in deed.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A legal instrument that is executed under seal or before a witness; sometimes required for certain legal activities, such as the transfer of certain kinds of property.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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noun
Meaning 6
A legal instrument that is executed under seal or before a witness; sometimes required for certain legal activities, such as the transfer of certain kinds of property.
The legal title to real estate; ownership.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: business, law, real-estate
Examples
- I inherited the deed to the house.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To transfer real property by deed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: business, real-estate
Examples
- He deeded over the mineral rights to some fellas from Denver.
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noun
Meaning 8
something that people do or cause to happen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: act, human action, human activity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: event
Narrower terms: action, acquiring, getting, causing, causation, delivery, obstetrical delivery, departure, going, going away, leaving, discovery, find, uncovering, disposal, disposition, implementation, effectuation, egress, egression, emergence, equalization, equalisation, leveling, exhumation, disinterment, digging up, mitzvah, mitsvah, propulsion, actuation, recovery, retrieval, running away, touch, touching, nonaccomplishment, nonachievement, leaning, motivation, motivating, assumption, rejection, forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice, derivation, activity, hire, wear, wearing, judgment, judgement, assessment, production, stay, residency, residence, abidance, inactivity, hindrance, hinderance, interference, stop, stoppage, group action, distribution, legitimation, waste, permissive waste, proclamation, promulgation, communication, communicating, speech act
noun
Meaning 9
a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he signed the deed
- he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deed of conveyance, title
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument
Narrower terms: bill of sale, deed poll, enfeoffment, mortgage deed, title deed
History
Etymology
From Middle English dede, from Old English dēd, dǣd (“deed, act”), from Proto-West Germanic *dādi, from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz (“deed”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhéh1tis (“deed, action”). Analyzable through Proto-Germanic as do + -th. Doublet of thesis. The real estate sense derives from the fact that property deeds are traditionally used to demonstrate proof of ownership of a legal title in common law jurisdictions, such as England & Wales and most of the United States. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian died, Dutch daad (“deed, act”), German Low German Daad, German Tat (“deed, action”), Swedish, Norwegian and Danish dåd (“act, action”). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis, “setting, arrangement”).
Across languages
Translations
186 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: عَمَل (ʕamal) — action
- Arabic: فِعْل (fiʕl) — action
- Armenian: արարք (ararkʻ) — action
- Bashkir: ғәмәл (ğəməl) — action
- Belarusian: дзе́янне (dzjéjannje) — action
- Belarusian: акт (akt) — action
- Bulgarian: де́йствие (déjstvie) — action
- Bulgarian: постъпка (postǎpka) — action
- Bulgarian: дело (delo) — action
- Catalan: fet — action
- Catalan: acte — action
- Chinese Mandarin: 行為 /行为 (xíngwéi) — action
- Cornish: gwrians — action
- Cornish: ober — action
- Czech: skutek — action
- Czech: čin — action
- Danish: gerning — action
- Danish: handling — action
- Dutch: daad — action
- Esperanto: faro — action
- Esperanto: ago — action
- Ewe: dɔwɔwɔ — action
- Finnish: teko — action
- Finnish: toimi — action
- French: acte — action
- French: action — action
- French: œuvre — action
- West-Frisian: died — action
- Galician: feito — action
- Galician: obras — action
- German: Tat — action
- German: Akt — action
- German: Werk — action
- Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌹 (taui) — action
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹 (waurstwei) — action
- Greek: πράξη (práxi) — action
- Ancient Greek: πρᾶξις (prâxis) — action
- Hebrew: מעשה (ma'ase) — action
- Hindi: कार्य (kārya) — action
- Hindi: करनी (karnī) — action
- Hungarian: tett — action
- Icelandic: dáð — action
- Italian: fatto — action
- Italian: gesto — action
- Italian: gesta — action
- Japanese: 行為 (kōi) — action
- Kazakh: қылық (qylyq) — action
- Korean: 행위 (haeng'wi) — action
- Central Kurdish: کار (kar) — action
- Central Kurdish: کردەوە (kirdewe) — action
- Northern Kurdish: kirin — action
- Northern Kurdish: kiryar — action
- Northern Kurdish: emel — action
- Northern Kurdish: faliyet — action
- Latin: āctiō — action
- Latin: āctus — action
- Luxembourgish: Dot — action
- Macedonian: дело (delo) — action
- Macedonian: постапка (postapka) — action
- Norwegian: dåd — action
- Norwegian: gjerning — action
- Persian: کردار (kerdâr) — action
- Persian: کار (kâr) — action
- Persian: اعمال (a'mâl) — action
- Plautdietsch: Woakj — action
- Polish: czyn — action
- Portuguese: ação — action
- Portuguese: feito — action
- Romanian: faptă — action
- Russian: посту́пок (postúpok) — action
- Russian: де́йствие (déjstvije) — action
- Russian: дея́ние (dejánije) — action
- Russian: акт (akt) — action
- Sanskrit: कार्य (kārya) — action
- Scottish Gaelic: gnìomh — action
- Serbo-Croatian: чи̑н — action
- Serbo-Croatian: čȋn — action
- Slovak: skutok — action
- Slovak: čin — action
- Slovene: dejanje — action
- Spanish: hecho — action
- Spanish: obra — action
- Spanish: fecho — action
- Swahili: tendo — action
- Swahili: jambo — action
- Swedish: gärning — action
- Swedish: dåd — action
- Tamil: செயல் (ceyal) — action
- Telugu: చర్య (carya) — action
- Tocharian B: yamalläññe — action
- Tocharian B: yāmor — action
- Turkish: iş — action
- Turkish: hareket — action
- Turkish: eylem — action
- Turkish: edim — action
- Turkish: fiil — action
- Turkish: amel — action
- Turkish: aksiyon — action
- Ottoman Turkish: حركت (hareket) — action
- Ukrainian: ді́я (díja) — action
- Ukrainian: ді́яння (díjannja) — action
- Ukrainian: акт (akt) — action
- Volapük: dun — action
- Volapük: dunam — action
- Arabic: مَأْثُرَة (maʔṯura) — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Belarusian: по́дзвіг (pódzvih) — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Belarusian: вы́чын (výčyn) — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Bulgarian: по́двиг (pódvig) — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Chinese Mandarin: 功勛 /功勋 (gōngxūn) — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Czech: čin — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Danish: dåd — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Danish: bedrift — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Finnish: saavutus — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- French: exploit — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- French: haut fait — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- French: prouesse — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- French: coup d'éclat — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- French: action d'éclat — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Galician: feito — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Galician: fazaña — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐍅 (waurstw) — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Italian: prodezza — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Italian: impresa — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Italian: exploit — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Italian: bravura — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Italian: ardimento — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Italian: gesta — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Macedonian: подвиг (podvig) — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Māori: rāwekeweke — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Polish: wyczyn — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Russian: по́двиг (pódvig) — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Slovak: čin — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Spanish: gesta — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Spanish: hombrada — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Spanish: machada — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Spanish: fecho — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Ukrainian: по́двиг (pódvyh) — brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
- Arabic: وَثِيقَة (waṯīqa) — legal instrument
- Bengali: দস্তাবেজ (dôśtabez) — legal instrument
- Bulgarian: акт (akt) — legal instrument
- Bulgarian: докуме́нт (dokumént) — legal instrument
- Catalan: escriptura — legal instrument
- Catalan: acta — legal instrument
- Chinese Mandarin: 契據 /契据 (qìjù) — legal instrument
- Cornish: chartour — legal instrument
- Danish: skøde — legal instrument
- Dutch: akte — legal instrument
- Finnish: asiakirja — legal instrument
- French: acte juridique — legal instrument
- Galician: escritura — legal instrument
- Galician: estormento — legal instrument
- Galician: título — legal instrument
- German: Urkunde — legal instrument
- Greek: συμβόλαιο (symvólaio) — legal instrument
- Greek: συμβολαιογραφική πράξη (symvolaiografikí práxi) — legal instrument
- Hebrew: מסמך (mismákh) — legal instrument
- Hebrew: חוזה (khozé) — legal instrument
- Hungarian: oklevél — legal instrument
- Irish: gníomhas — legal instrument
- Italian: atto notarile — legal instrument
- Italian: contratto — legal instrument
- Macedonian: поседовен лист — legal instrument
- Macedonian: тапија (tapija) — legal instrument
- Macedonian: договор (dogovor) — legal instrument
- Malay: geran — legal instrument
- Māori: tīti — legal instrument
- Māori: pukapuka tuku — legal instrument
- Plautdietsch: Ieejendeemabewiess — legal instrument
- Portuguese: ato — legal instrument
- Portuguese: contrato — legal instrument
- Portuguese: escritura — legal instrument
- Russian: акт (akt) — legal instrument
- Russian: докуме́нт (dokumént) — legal instrument
- Spanish: acta — legal instrument
- Spanish: escritura — legal instrument
- Spanish: escrituras — legal instrument
- Spanish: título propietario — legal instrument
- Spanish: título de propiedad — legal instrument
- Tagalog: kasulatan — legal instrument
- Telugu: ఒప్పందం (oppandaṁ) — legal instrument
- Turkish: vesika — legal instrument
- Turkish: senet — legal instrument
- Turkish: tapu — legal instrument
- Danish: tilskøde — to transfer real property by deed
- Finnish: luovuttaa sopimuksella — to transfer real property by deed
- German: urkundlich übertragen — to transfer real property by deed