Explore Deign through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like condescend or descend. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Deign meaning
- To consider it appropriate or worthy to do or give (something), often when it is seen as beneath one's dignity; to condescend, to vouchsafe.
- To consider it appropriate or worthy to accept or take (something).
- Often followed by of: to consider (someone) as worthy of something; to dignify.
Synonyms of Deign
Deign vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Deign
- The main meaning on this page is: To consider it appropriate or worthy to do or give (something), often when it is seen as beneath one's dignity; to condescend, to vouchsafe. | To consider it appropriate or worthy to accept or take (something). | Often followed by of: to consider (someone) as worthy of something; to dignify.
- Useful related words include: condescend, descend, act, move.
- Possible Dutch translations are: verwaardigen.
- In the example corpus, deign often appears in combinations such as: deign to.
Context around Deign
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Deign
- In this selection, "deign" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 18.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, flight stand out and add context to how "deign" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and flight deign and gain and t even deign to touch. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "deign" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with deign
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Examples are sight and flight, deign and gain, madness and sadness. (11 words)
The very existence of the Morlocks proved that humans would not deign to live alongside mutants with severe physical mutations. (20 words)
Here are a few good things for the first trailer to confirm or deny, and one thing it shouldn't even deign to touch. (24 words)
Here are a few good things for the first trailer to confirm or deny, and one thing it shouldn't even deign to touch. (24 words)
The very existence of the Morlocks proved that humans would not deign to live alongside mutants with severe physical mutations. (20 words)
Examples are sight and flight, deign and gain, madness and sadness. (11 words)
Example sentences (3)
Here are a few good things for the first trailer to confirm or deny, and one thing it shouldn't even deign to touch.
The very existence of the Morlocks proved that humans would not deign to live alongside mutants with severe physical mutations.
Examples are sight and flight, deign and gain, madness and sadness.
Common combinations with deign
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- deign to 2×