English noun: deed |
1. | deed (communication) a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it |
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| Samples | He signed the deed. He kept the title to his car in the glove compartment.
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| Synonyms | deed of conveyance, title |
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| Broader (hypernym) | instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bill of sale, deed poll, enfeoffment, mortgage deed, title deed |
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| Domain category | jurisprudence, law |
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2. | deed something that people do or cause to happen |
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| Synonyms | act, human action, human activity |
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| Broader (hypernym) | event |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | abidance, acquiring, action, activity, actuation, assessment, assumption, causation, causing, communicating, communication, delivery, departure, derivation, digging up, discovery, disinterment, disposal, disposition, distribution, effectuation, egress, egression, emergence, equalisation, equalization, exhumation, find, forfeit, forfeiture, getting, going, going away, group action, hinderance, hindrance, hire, implementation, inactivity, interference, judgement, judgment, leaning, leaving, legitimation, leveling, mitsvah, mitzvah, motivating, motivation, nonaccomplishment, nonachievement, obstetrical delivery, permissive waste, proclamation, production, promulgation, propulsion, recovery, rejection, residence, residency, retrieval, running away, sacrifice, speech act, stay, stop, stoppage, touch, touching, uncovering, waste, wear, wearing |
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