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- pronunciation:
- dih
zuhrv
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verb |
| inflections: |
deserves, deserving, deserved |
| definition: |
When you deserve something, it means that it is right that you should have this thing. If you deserve a good grade on your homework, it's because the work you have done is equal to that grade. If someone deserves a punishment, it means that the bad thing they have done is equal to that punishment. If someone doesn't deserve a punishment, it means that they didn't really do anything bad or what they did wasn't bad enough to be punished for.
The firefighter deserves a medal for saving the child from the fire.After all the bad things he has done, he deserves to go to jail.- similar words:
- earn, qualify for, rate, win
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