Deserve definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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. EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'deserve'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× deserve (dɪzɜːʳv ) Wordforms:3rdpersonsingularpresent tensedeserves ,presentparticipledeserving ,pasttense,pastparticipledeserved 1. verb Ifyousaythatapersonorthingdeservessomething,youmeanthattheyshouldhaveitorreceiveitbecauseoftheiractionsorqualities. Governmentofficialsclearlydeservesomeoftheblameaswell.[VERBnoun] Theyknowthesportinsideout,andwetreatthemwiththerespecttheydeserve.[VERBnoun] Thesepeopledeservetomakemorethantheminimumwage.[VERBto-infinitive] Hischildren'sbooksareclassicsthatdeservetobemuchbetterknown.[VERBto-infinitive] IfeltIdeservedbetterthanthat.[VERBnoun] TheParkHotelhasawell-deservedreputation.[VERB-ed] Synonyms:merit,warrant,beentitledto,havearightto MoreSynonymsofdeserve 2. Seegotwhatonedeserved COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof deserve Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'deserve' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'deserve' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'poundofflesh' HindiTranslationof'deserve' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency deserveinBritishEnglish (dɪˈzɜːv ) verb1. (transitive) tobeentitledtoorworthyof;merit 2. (intransitive;follbyof)obsolete tobeworthy CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformsdeserved(deˈserved)adjective deservedness(dɪˈzɜːvɪdnɪs )noun deserver(deˈserver)noun WordoriginC13:fromOldFrenchdeservir,fromLatindēservīretoservedevotedly,fromde-+servīretoserve WordFrequency deserveinAmericanEnglish (dɪˈzɜrv ) verbtransitiveWordforms:deˈservedordeˈserving1.  tohavearighttobecauseofactsorqualities;beworthyof(reward,punishment,etc.);merit verbintransitive2.  tobeworthy Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordoriginMEdeserven