Definition of deserves Deserves
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What does deserves mean?
Part of speech
🔤- deserves, verb, present, 3rd person singular of deserve (infinitive).
WordNet
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| deserve - be worthy or deserving; "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done" | ||
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| be spend or use time; "I may be an hour" | ||
| 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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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- deserve (v. t.)
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 (v. t.)
To serve; to treat; to benefit. - deserve (v. i.)
To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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deserve
To earn or merit a reward.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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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.]
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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deserve
First deserve and then desire.
Part of speech
🔤- deserve, verb, present, 1st person singular of deserve (infinitive).
- deserve, verb (infinitive).
