What does Deserve mean?
Definitions for Deserve
dɪˈzɜrvde·serve
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Deserve.
Princeton's WordNet
deserve, meritverb
be worthy or deserving
"You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"
Wiktionary
deserveverb
To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have.
deserveverb
To earn, win.
deserveverb
To reward, to give in return for service.
Etymology: From deservir, from deservire, from de- + servire.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To DESERVEverb
Etymology: deservir, French.
Those they honoured, as having power to work or cease, as men deserved of them. Richard Hooker, b. i.
Some of us love you well; and ev’n those some
Envy your great deservings, and good name. William Shakespeare, Hen. IV.All friends shall taste
The wages of their virtue, and all foes
The cup of their deservings. William Shakespeare, King Lear.What he deserves of you and me I know. William Shakespeare, H. VIII.
Yet well, if here would end
The misery: I deserv’d it, and would bear
My own deservings. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. x. l. 727.Courts are the places where best manners flourish,
Where the deserving ought to rise. Thomas Otway, Orphan.A mother cannot give him death; though he
Deserves it, he deserves it not from me. John Dryden, Ovid.Since my Orazia’s death I have not seen
A beauty so deserving to be queen,He had been a person of great deservings from the republick, was an admirable speaker, and very popular. Jonathan Swift.
According to the rule of natural justice one man may merit and deserve of another. Robert South, Sermons.
Wikipedia
deserve
Desert () in philosophy is the condition of being deserving of something, whether good or bad. It is sometimes called moral desert to clarify the intended usage and distinguish it from the dry desert biome. It is a concept often associated with justice: that good deeds should be rewarded and evil deeds punished.
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deserve
Deserve generally refers to being worthy or entitled to something based on one's actions, qualities, or circumstances. It implies that an individual has earned or is deserving of a particular treatment, reward, or outcome.
Webster Dictionary
Deserveverb
to earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves praise
Deserveverb
to serve; to treat; to benefit
Deserveverb
to be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well
Etymology: [OF. deservir, desservir, to merit, L. deservire to serve zealously, be devoted to; de- + servire to serve. See Serve.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Deserve
de-zėrv′, v.t. to earn by service: to merit.—v.i. to be worthy of reward.—adj. Deserv′ing, worthy.—n. desert.—advs. Deserv′ingly, Deserv′edly, according to desert: justly. [Fr.,—L. deservīre—de, inten., servīre, to serve.]
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Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Deserve' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4748
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Deserve' in Verbs Frequency: #557
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Anagrams for Deserve »
severed
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Deserve in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Deserve in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of Deserve in a Sentence
This has been our home for 55 years, and I want to keep the team here and provide the world-class stadium experience you deserve.
Americans deserve to have their leaders treat disruptions in our food system – from foreign interference to fires to shortages – with concern.
I hear people talk all the time about Biden putting together the Obama coalition. Well, the Obama coalition included people under the age of 30, and Joe Biden is losing them by like 60 % some cases, a debate between Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden really, really matters, especially at a time when that key demographic shouldn't be dismissed... Millions of voters that have voted for Bernie Sanders, especially young people fighting for our future. We deserve to hear that contrast and continue the contest.
The system discourages us from spending enough time, but we have a moral and ethical responsibility to give patients the time they deserve.
The only thing he did wrong today was the simulation (faking injury), that he surely wont repeat, but hes here to learn, hes a very positive figure and he certainly didnt deserve the insults he received.
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- استحقArabic
- заслужавамBulgarian
- merèixer, meritarCatalan, Valencian
- merità, miritàCorsican
- zasloužit, zasloužit siCzech
- fortjenerDanish
- verdienenGerman
- merecer, meritarSpanish
- استحقاق داشتنPersian
- ansaitaFinnish
- mériterFrench
- लायकHindi
- megérdemel, érdemelHungarian
- berhak mendapatIndonesian
- meritare, meritarsiItalian
- מגיעHebrew
- 値するJapanese
- ಅನಗತ್ಯವಾಗಿKannada
- 받을 만하다Korean
- mereō, dignaLatin
- verdienenDutch
- fortjenerNorwegian
- zasłużyć, zasługiwaćPolish
- merecerPortuguese
- meritar, maritar, meriter, miritarRomansh
- meritaRomanian
- заслужи́ть, заслу́живатьRussian
- menèsciri, meritare, meresci, meritai, manesci, merèsciri, merèssere, merèschere, medèsciriSardinian
- заврије́дјети, zaslúžiti, заслу́жити, zavrijédjetiSerbo-Croatian
- zaslúžiť siSlovak
- förtjäna, fSwedish
- தகுதிTamil
- అర్హత కలిగి ఉండిన, అర్హతTelugu
- สมน้ำสมเนื้อThai
- hak etmekTurkish
- заслуговуйUkrainian
- مستحقUrdu
- xứng đángVietnamese
- פאַרדינעןYiddish
- 值得Chinese
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