deem

deem it necessary

To determine that something is necessary. I didn't deem it necessary to give the boys detention because having their shirts untucked isn't a very serious infraction.

See also: deem, necessary

deem it to be necessary

To determine that something is necessary. I didn't deem it to be necessary to give the boys detention because having their shirts untucked isn't a very serious infraction.

See also: deem, necessary, to

deem that it is necessary

To determine that something is necessary. I deemed that it was it necessary to give the boys detention because they kept disrupting my class.

See also: deem, necessary, that

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deem it (to be) necessary

 and deem that it is necessary

to decide that something is necessary. Mary deemed that it was necessary to leave town that night. Lisa deemed it necessary to go home.

See also: deem, necessary

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.