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deeds

/diːdz/

deeds is the plural of deed.

deeds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of deed.

Meaning of deed

Noun

deed (plural deeds)

  1. An action or act; something that is done.
    • One small deed can have one strong effect or more.
  2. A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.
    • They should accomplish both a knightly deed,1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 4
  3. Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation.
    • I have fulfilled my promise in word and in deed.
  4. 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.
    1. (broadly) The legal title to real estate; ownership.
      • I inherited the deed to the house.

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Questions about deeds

What is deeds the plural of?
Deeds is the plural of deed.
How do you pronounce deeds?
Deeds is pronounced /diːdz/.

Words near deeds in the dictionary

  1. deedlessness
  2. deedly
  3. deedly ball
  4. deedly balls
  5. Deedra
  6. deeds
  7. deeds of appointment
  8. deeds of assumption
  9. deeds of retirement
  10. deeds poll
  11. deedwork

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