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Meaning of deed | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Standard
diːd

Definitions

  1. An action or act; something that is done.
  2. obsolete spelling of fecha (“date”)
  3. A surname.
  4. A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.
  5. To transfer by means of a deed: deeded the property to the children.
  6. Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation.
  7. feminine singular of hecho
  8. Something done:act, action, doing, thing, work.
  9. 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.
  10. To change the ownership of (property) by means of a legal document:cede, grant, make over, sign over.
  11. The legal title to real estate; ownership.
    broadly
  12. something done; an act. a good deed. daad, handeling عَمَل، فِعْل، مَأْثَرَه дело ação skutek die Tat gerning; bedrift; dåd πράξηacto, acción, hecho tegu عمل؛ کردار teko actionמעשה कार्य čin, djelo tett tindakan verknaður atto, azione 行為 행위, 공적, 위업 darbas darbība; rīcība; dokuments amalan daadgjerning, handling, dådczyn عمل، كار، فعل قواله (قبال acção faptă поступок skutok dejanje delo handling, gärning การกระทำ iş, eylem 行為,事跡 дія; вчинок شعوری عمل việc làm 行为,事迹
  13. Something that is carried out; an act or action.
  14. A usually praiseworthy act; a feat or exploit.
  15. Action or performance in general: Deeds, not words, matter most.
  16. Law a. A signed, sealed, and delivered instrument.
    Law
  17. something that is done or performed; act
  18. a notable achievement; feat; exploit

Equivalents

العربية العمل مأثرة
Беларуская подзвіг
Bosanski čin подвиг
Čeština čin
Dansk bedrift dåd
Suomi saavutus
Galego fazaña feito
Hrvatski čin подвиг
Kurdî Çîn cîn dad hito
Македонски подвиг
Polski wyczyn
Русский подвиг
Slovenčina čin
Српски čin подвиг
Українська подвиг

Examples

“One small deed can have one stour effect or more.”
“And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done?”
“They should accomplish both a knightly deed,”
“whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn”
“I have fulfilled my promise in word and in deed.”
“I inherited the deed to the house.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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