deserve en · VERB
Pronunciation
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- /dɪˈzɝv/ (General-American)
- /dɪˈzɑːv/ (Northumbria)
- /dəˈzɝv/ (General-American)
- /dɪˈzɜːv/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English deserven, from Old French deservir, from Latin dēserviō, from dē- + serviō.
Meanings
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(transitive) To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have.
After playing so well, the team really deserved their win.
God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 11:6:We don't think your article deserves reading.
the grantees named in the questioned deed executed by their father richly deserved receiving the family home.
1967, The Pacific Reporter, page 510:After what he did, he deserved to go to prison.
John Gay deserved to be a favourite.
1853, William Makepeace Thackeray, The English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century:Perhaps they do, but they don't deserve that the rest of us contribute money or appropriate public funds for the purchase of pictures and the construction of buildings.
2008, Michael Walzer, Spheres Of Justice: A Defense Of Pluralism And Equality, page 24:
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(obsolete) To earn, win.
That gentle Lady, whom I loue and serue, / After long suit and weary seruicis, / Did aske me, how I could her loue deserue, / And how she might be sure, that I would neuer swerue.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
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(obsolete) To reward, to give in return for service.
Pray you, lead on. At every house I'll call; / I may command at most. Get weapons, ho! / And raise some special officers of night. / On, good Roderigo: I'll deserve your pains.
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):Gramercy saide the kynge / & I lyue sir Lambegus I shal deserue hit / And thenne sir Lambegus armed hym / and rode after as fast as he myghte
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter XXX, in Le Morte Darthur, book VIII:
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(obsolete) To serve; to treat; to benefit.
c. 1619–22, Philip Massinger and John Fletcher, A Very Woman A man that hath / So well deserved me.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| deserves | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| deserving | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| deserved | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| deserved | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
deserveless · undeserve · good boys deserve fudge always · well-deserved · deserver · undeserver · deservant
Hypernyms
Relateds
receive · desert · serve someone right
Synonyms
brook · garner · reap · earn · be worthy of · deserve · merit · win
Translations (89)
el αξίζω (to merit) · cmn 值得 (to merit) · mk заслужи (to merit) · ar اِسْتَحَقَّ (to merit) · sc meritai (to merit) · it meritarsi (to merit) · uk заслужи́ти (to merit) · sv förtjäna (to merit) · da fortjene (to merit) · sk zaslúžiť si (to merit) · sc merèssere (to merit) · co merità (to merit) · ca meritar (to merit) · de verdienen (to merit) · af verdien (to merit) · es meritar (to merit) · vec meritar (to merit) · arz اِسْتاهَل (to merit) · be заслужы́ць (to merit) · lt nusipelnyti (to merit) · bg заслу́жа (to merit) · hi लायक़ (to merit) · nn fortena (to merit) · uk заслуго́вувати (to merit) · sc merèschere (to merit) · ru заслужи́ть (to merit) · gl merecer (to merit) · cy haeddu (to merit) · cs zasloužit si (to merit) · hu kiérdemel (to merit) · sc meritare (to merit) · fi ansaita (to merit) · mk заслужува (to merit) · pt merecer (to merit) · sl zaslužiti (to merit) · pl zasługiwać (to merit) · nl verdienen (to merit) · bg заслужа́вам (to merit) · ro merita (to merit) · ca merèixer (to merit) · be заслу́жваць (to merit) · tr hak etmek (to merit) · te అర్హత కలిగి ఉండిన (to merit) · fur mertâ (to merit) · sc meresci (to merit) · la mereō (to merit) · hu megérdemel (to merit) · zdj ustahiki (to merit) · cs zasloužit (to merit) · hu rászolgál (to merit) · scn miritari (to merit) · rm maritar (to merit) · vi xứng đáng (to merit) · sh заслу́жити (to merit) · ru заслу́живать (to merit) · ja 値する (to merit) · rm meritar (to merit) · sc manesci (to merit) · fo hava uppiborið (to merit) · sc merèsciri (to merit) · nn fortene (to merit) · sa अर्हति (to merit) · es ameritar (to merit) · rm meriter (to merit) · sc menèsciri (to merit) · hu megszolgál (to merit) · pl zasłużyć (to merit) · es merecer (to merit) · rm miritar (to merit) · sh zaslúžiti (to merit) · sh заврије́дјети (to merit) · sh завре́дети (to merit) · is eiga skilið (to merit) · eo meriti (to merit) · sw stahiki (to merit) · fa سزاوار بودن (to merit) · co mirità (to merit) · nb fortjene (to merit) · cmn 應受 /应受 (to merit) · arz استحق (to merit) · sh zavrijédjeti (to merit) · fr mériter (to merit) · kw deservya (to merit) · hu érdemel (to merit) · sh zavrédeti (to merit) · sc medèsciri (to merit) · be заслуго́ўваць (to merit) · ur لائق (to merit) · it meritare (to merit)