deserve

Definition of deserve in English English dictionary: 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.; To reward, to give in return for service
Grauntemercy,’ seyde the Kynge. ‘And I lyve, Sir Lambegus, I shall deserve hit.’.; To be entitled to, to have earned; to be worthy to have
This argument deserves a closer examination.; be worthy or deserving; "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done; {v} to be worthy, to merit good or bad; If you say that a person or thing deserves something, you mean that they should have it or receive it because of their actions or qualities. Government officials clearly deserve some of the blame as well These people deserve to make more than the minimum wage I felt I deserved better than that The Park Hotel has a well-deserved reputation; feelings If you say that someone got what they deserved, you mean that they deserved the bad thing that happened to them, and you have no sympathy for them. One of them said the two dead joy riders got what they deserved; To earn or merit a reward or punishment; be worthy or deserving; "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"; To serve; to treat; to benefit; {f} be worthy of, have a right to; To be worthy of recompense; usually with ill or with well; 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
deserve a second chance: be worthy of another opportunity
deserved: Simple past tense and past participle of deserve
deserving: desert, merit or demerit
deserving: meriting, worthy (reward, punishment etc.)
deserving: worthy of reward or praise; meritorious
the deserving poor.
deservedly: {a} worthily, justly, properly, fitly
deserver: {n} one who is deserving of reward
deserving: {a} worthy of, worthy
deserving: {n} desert
deserved: proper and appropriate; fitting; "richly deserved punishment"; "due esteem
deserved: past of deserve
deserved: earned because of good or bad behaviour, skill, work etc
deserved: {s} rightfully earned or merited
deserved: proper and appropriate; fitting; "richly deserved punishment"; "due esteem"
deservedly: as deserved; "he chalked up two goals which deservedly gave Bolton their second victory of the season"
deservedly: According to desert (whether good or evil); justly
deservedly: You use deservedly to indicate that someone deserved what happened to them, especially when it was something good. He deservedly won the Player of the Year award
deservedly: In a deserved manner
deservedly: as deserved; "he chalked up two goals which deservedly gave Bolton their second victory of the season
deservedly: appropriately, rightfully
deserver: One who deserves
deserving: If someone is deserving of something, they have qualities or achievements which make it right that they should receive it. artists deserving of public subsidy
deserving: present participle of deserve
deserving: having sufficient worth; "an idea worth considering"; "a cause deserving or meriting support"; "the deserving poor" (often used ironically)
deserving: Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act
deserving: Desert; merit
deserving: Considered worthy of reward
deserving: {s} worthy of; proper for
deserving: If you describe a person, organization, or cause as deserving, you mean that you think they should be helped. The money saved could be used for more deserving causes. = worthy
does not deserve the title: is not worthy of the title