Words / B2

DEED/diːd/

A deed is an action, especially a notable one; also a legal document proving ownership: a good deed; a title deed. Act is a close twin for action; document and title are twins for the legal sense. Date the title deed in the archive, then the plot. Mix-up: deed vs need; dead; do not write deed for a slogan about kindness with no named act or register.

Meaning

An action, especially one that is notable; also a legal document proving ownership.

Examples

• “Date the title deed in the archive, then the plot, not a slogan about good deeds.”
• “A heroic deed featured in the chronicle, which is the notable-action sense — still name the year.”

Good to know

a good / heroic deed; title / title deeds; in deed (contrast indeed). Close: act / title. Trap: need / dead. History, law, and RS. An action, or a legal ownership document — date the source.

Near in meaning

act, title, document

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