different between deserve vs deserves
deserve
English
Etymology
From Middle English deserven, from Old French deservir, from Latin d?servi?, from d?- + servi?.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??z??v/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d??z?v/
- Hyphenation: de?serve
- Rhymes: -??(?)v
Verb
deserve (third-person singular simple present deserves, present participle deserving, simple past and past participle deserved)
- (transitive) To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have.
- After playing so well, the team really deserved their win.
- After what he did, he deserved to go to prison.
- This argument deserves a closer examination.
- 1853, William Makepeace Thackeray, The English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century
- John Gay deserved to be a favourite.
- (obsolete) To earn, win.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.vii:
- 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.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.vii:
- (obsolete) To reward, to give in return for service.
- 1603?, William Shakespeare, Othello:
- 1603?, William Shakespeare, Othello:
- (obsolete) To serve; to treat; to benefit.
- c. 1619–22, Philip Massinger and John Fletcher, A Very Woman
- A man that hath / So well deserved me.
- c. 1619–22, Philip Massinger and John Fletcher, A Very Woman
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
- This is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs
Synonyms
- merit
- See also Thesaurus:deserve
Derived terms
- well-deserved
Related terms
- desert
- serve somebody right
Translations
Further reading
- deserve at OneLook Dictionary Search
- deserve in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Veeders, severed
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deserves
English
Verb
deserves
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deserve
deserves From the web:
- what deserves our care and respect
- what deserves the death penalty
- what deserves respect
- what deserves no thanks when forced
- what deserves a patent
- what deserves the highest loyalty
- what deserves a medal
- what deserves better
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