deserve

de·serve  (d-zûrv)

v. de·served, de·serv·ing, de·serves

v.tr.

To be worthy of; merit. See Synonyms at earn¹.

v.intr.

To be worthy or deserving.

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[Middle English deserven, from Old French deservir, from Latin dservre, to serve zealously : d-, intensive pref.; see de- + servre, to serve; see serve.]

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deserve

Verb

[-serving, -served] to be entitled to or worthy of [Latin deservire to serve devotedly]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

deserve - be worthy or deserving; "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done" merit be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" have it coming - deserve (either good or bad); "It's too bad he got fired, but he sure had it coming"

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deserve

verb merit, warrant, be entitled to, have a right to, win, rate, earn, justify, be worthy of, have a claim to

Translations

deserve [dɪˈzəːv] vt → merecer, ser digno de, ameritar (LAM)

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deserve [dɪˈzəːv] vt → mériter

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deserve [dɪˈzəːv] vt → verdienen

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deserve [dɪˈzəːv] vt → meritare

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deserve

v deserve [diˈzəːv]

to have earned as a right by one's actions; to be worthy of He deserves recognition of his achievements. verdien يَسْتَحِق заслужавам zasloužit si fortjene; gøre sig fortjent til verdienen αξίζω merecer pälvima سزاوار بودن؛ استحقاق داشتن ansaita mériter לִהיוֹת רָאוּי योग्य होना zaslužiti, zavrijediti (meg)érdemel layak, berhak verðskulda meritare ～に値する ...할 가치가 있다, ...을 받을 만하다 nusipelnyti pelnīt (uzslavu, sodu u.tml.) patut verdienen fortjene zasługiwać na merecer a merita заслуживать zaslúžiť si zaslužiti si zaslužiti förtjäna สมควรได้รับ hak etmek 應受 заслуговувати, бути гідним مستحق ہونا xứng đáng 应受

adj deˈserving

(negativeundeserving)

1 worthy or suitable (to be given charity etc) I only give money to deserving causes. verdienstelike مُسْتَحِق достоен záslužný trængende; værdig verdient που το αξίζει meritorio (midagi) vääriv با ارزش؛ شایسته arvokas, ansiokas méritoire רָאוּי לְ- योग्य zaslužan érdemes sesuai þess virði að vera hjálpað meritevole しかるべき 가치가 있는, 그럴 만한 vertas [] vērts patut waardig verdig; trengende wartościowy, słuszny merecedor nobil заслуживающий záslužný upravičen vredan pažnje behjärtansvärd ที่สมควรได้รับ yardıma lâyık 該受的 гідний; вартий مستحق xứng đáng 该受的

2 (withof) worthy of He is deserving of better treatment than this. verdienstelik wees جَدير заслужаващ hodný (čeho) fortjene würdig sein άξιος merecedor, digno de (millegi) vääriline سزاوار؛ مستحق jonkin arvoinen digne de רָאוּי לְ- योग्य होना, प्राप्त होना koji zavređuje méltó vmire pantas sem verðskuldar e-ð meritevole, degno 値する 가치가 있는, (...을) 받을 만한 vertas cienīgs berhak waard (være) verdig, fortjenstfull zasługujący merecedor demn (de) достойный zasluhujúci si (čo) vreden zaslužuje vara värd (förtjänt av) สมควรได้รับจาก lâyık 值得的 достойний; той, що заслуговує حامل خوبی đáng được 值得的