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Meaning of "deme" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DEME

From Greek dēmos district in local government, the populace.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DEME

diːm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEME

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Deme is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Deme

In Ancient Greece, a deme or demos was a burg of Athens or a subdivision of Attica, the region of Greece surrounding Athens. Demes as simple subdivisions of land in the countryside seem to have existed in the 6th century BC and earlier, but did not acquire particular significance until the reforms of Cleisthenes in 508 BC. In those reforms, enrollment in the citizen-lists of a deme became the requirement for citizenship; prior to that time, citizenship had been based on membership in a phratry, or family group. At this same time, demes were established in the city of Athens itself, where they had not previously existed; in all, at the end of Cleisthenes' reforms, Attica was divided into 139 demes. The establishment of demes as the fundamental units of the state weakened the gene, or aristocratic family groups, that had dominated the phratries. A deme functioned to some degree as a polis in miniature, and indeed some demes, such as Eleusis and Acharnae, were in fact significant towns. Each deme had a demarchos who supervised its affairs; various other civil, religious, and military functionaries existed in various demes.

Definition of deme in the English dictionary

The first definition of deme in the dictionary is the territory inhabited by a tribe. Other definition of deme is a geographical unit of local government. Deme is also a group of individuals within a species that possess particular characteristics of cytology, genetics, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEME

beam · breme · cream · dream · esteem · extreme · hakim · mainstream · meme · neem · redeem · regime · scheme · scream · seem · steam · stream · supreme · team · theme

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEME

demayne · demean · demeane · demeaning · demeanor · demeanour · demeasnure · dement · dementate · demented · dementedly · dementedness · dementi · dementia · dementia paralytica · dementia praecox · demerara · demerara sugar · demeraran · demerge

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEME

academe · bireme · bonus scheme · careme · color scheme · colour scheme · feme · get-rich-quick scheme · grapheme · heme · housing scheme · incentive scheme · insurance scheme · Kurzeme · morpheme · pension scheme · pilot scheme · Ponzi scheme · queme · seme

Synonyms and antonyms of deme in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «deme» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF DEME

Find out the translation of deme to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of deme from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «deme» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

德莫
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

deme
570 millions of speakers
en

English

deme
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

डी इ एम इ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ديم
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

дема
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

deme
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

deme
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

dème
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Deme
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Deme
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

デーム
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

DEME
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Demen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Deme
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சங்கமம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

डेम
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

nahiye
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

deme
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Deme
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

дема
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

Deme
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

deme
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

DEME
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

deme
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Deme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of deme

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEME»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of deme
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «deme».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about deme

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEME»

Discover the use of deme in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to deme and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Heroism and the Supernatural in the African Epic
This book not only contributes to the scholarship on African oral literature, but also adds reshapes our understanding of heroic literature in general.
Mariam Konaté Deme, 2010
2
The Christology of Anselm of Canterbury
This is the first attempt to present Anselm's Christology in a comprehensive single volume.
Daniel Deme, 2003
3
Public Organization in Ancient Greece: A Documentary Study
6 §28 c. construction Athens (deme) 1 §1.34 Mylasa 7 §19 Sardeis 8 §9 d. contributions (public subscriptions, etc.) Athens (deme 1 §1.34 Eretria (choroi supply victims) 1 §5 Kameiros (demes) 5 §44 Magnesia-on-Maiandros 7 §13 Troizen ...
Nicholas F. Jones, 1987
4
Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics
topodeme a deme occurring within a specified geographical area ecodeme a deme occurring within a specified kind of habitat gamodeme a deme composed of individuals which interbreed in nature. Later, Gilmour and Heslop-Harrison157  ...
Clive A. Stace, 1991
5
The Law in Classical Athens
But Athenians did move sometimes, and so the membership of a deme tended gradually to become scattered. A speaker in 346/5, when the new organization had been in force for 160 years, remarks that most members of the deme Halimous ...
Douglas Maurice MacDowell, 1978
6
Animal Behavior Desk Reference: A Dictionary of Animal ...
A deme composed of predominantly asexual (apomictic) individuals (Lincoln et al . 1985). ▷coenogamodeme n. A biosystematic unit comprising hologamodemes and that is capable of exchanging genes to some extent, but not with freedom, ...
Edward M. Barrows, 2011
7
Economic and Social History of Ancient Greece: An Introduction
Nikias of the deme of Kydantidai", lessee Kallias of the deme of Sphettos: 20 drachmae. Diakon at Laurion12, of which the boundaries are to the east the lands of Exopios, to the west the mountain, lessee Epiteles of the deme of Kerameis: 20 ...
M. M. Austin, Pierre Vidal-Naquet, 1980
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Some Mathematical Models from Population Genetics: École ...
Because the individuals in a given deme are indistinguishable from one another, the probability that an individual in deme 1 had a parent in deme 2 is just the proportion of individuals in deme 1 after the migration step that had parents in deme ...
‎2011
9
Advances in Artificial Life: 5th European Conference, ...
In this method, the global computation performed by a particular evolved nonuniform CA is attained by interactions among computational demes of cells where the computation of each deme arises from the interaction of all the cells belonging ...
Dario Floreano, Jean-Daniel Nicoud, Francesco Mondada, 1999
10
Aspects of Greek History 750–323BC: A Source-Based Approach
its place he established the deme as the main political institution of local government. The demes were local communities of different sizes, similar to villages, which had probably existed in rural Attica from the seventh cen- tury ( 699–600), but ...
Terry Buckley, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term deme is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Disney Is Making A Live Action Prince Charming Movie! And We …
[Image via Disney/PNP/Daniel Deme/revolutionpix/Alberto Reyes/FayesVision/Brian To/WENN.] Tags: anthony mackie, clark duke, dan fogler, ... «PerezHilton.com, Jul 15»
2
Demetria McKinney: Roger Bobb and I Were Offered a Spin-Off …
As much as we'd love to see a Demetria/Roger Bobb spin-off, Deme seems pretty wary of reality TV in general. Several months ago Demetria ... «Wetpaint, Jul 15»
3
Alstom, DEME and Merkur Offshore Sign A Contract for the Delivery …
NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Paris, Ile-de-France, France, 2015/07/06 - Merkur Offshore has signed with respectively Alstom and DEME a ... «Newswire Today, Jul 15»
4
Pregnant woman robbed in front of Southwest Miami-Dade home
An armed man wearing a mask got out of the car and said, “Señora deme su cartera (Ma'am give me your purse),” according to Miami-Dade ... «Miami Herald, Jul 15»
5
Hazel Webb, mother of 7/7 victim: 'The bombings made me think …
The scene outside Edgware Road Station following the 7/7 bomb attacks (Picture: EPA/DANIEL DEME) Webb describes Laura as “an outgoing, ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
6
George Clooney and wife Amal celebrate Fourth of July in Italy
George Clooney, 'Tomorrowland' European premiere held at the Odeon Leicester Square - Arrivals. Daniel Deme/WENN.com. Travel Deals. «Philly.com, Jul 15»
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Alstom, DEME and Merkur Offshore sign contract for the Merkur …
Alstom, DEME and Merkur Offshore have signed a contract for the delivery and installation of 66 Haliade offshore wind turbines to be installed ... «Renewable Energy Magazine, Jul 15»
8
Norway buys CO2 credits from South African, Brazilian projects
Alstom Haliade set for Merkur Offshore. GERMANY: The joint venture between Deme Group and Windreich has ordered 66 Alstom Haliade. «ENDS Europe, Jul 15»
9
MicroTheater Miami looks at what makes this place different, in …
... are El smoothie by Corto Physical Theater, Si me despides, preparate! by Gio Pirri, Deme su currículo by Cristiano M. Jaime, Trotamundos by ... «Miami Herald, Jul 15»
10
ECHA harmonised classification and labelling current consultations
GERMANY: The joint venture between Deme Group and Windreich has ordered 66 Alstom Haliade... Gallery: Monopile refurbishment at Scroby ... «ENDS Europe, Jun 15»
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