deserve

Etymology
From, from , from , from +.

Verb

 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  To earn, win.
 * 2)  To reward, to give in return for service.
 * 1)  To earn, win.
 * 2)  To reward, to give in return for service.
 * 1)  To earn, win.
 * 2)  To reward, to give in return for service.
 * 1)  To reward, to give in return for service.


 * 1)  To serve; to treat; to benefit.
 * 2) * c. 1619–22, and, 
 * A man that hath / So well deserved me.

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

 * See also Thesaurus:deserve
 * See also Thesaurus:deserve

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: اِسْتَحَقَّ
 * Egyptian Arabic: استحق, اِسْتاهَل
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: заслу́жваць, заслуго́ўваць, заслужы́ць
 * Bulgarian:, заслу́жа
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Cornish: deservya
 * Corsican: ,
 * Czech: zasloužit, zasloužit
 * Danish: fortjene
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: meriti
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: mertâ
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Icelandic: eiga skilið
 * Italian:, meritarsi
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: mereō
 * Lithuanian: nusipelnyti
 * Macedonian: заслужува, заслужи
 * Ngazidja Comorian: stahiki
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: fortjene
 * Nynorsk: fortena, fortene
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: meritar, maritar, miritar, meriter
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Sardinian: manesci, menèsciri, merèschere, medèsciri, meresci, merèsciri, merèssere, meritai, meritare
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: заслу́жити, заврије́дјети, завре́дети
 * Roman:, , zavrédeti
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: zaslúžiť
 * Slovene: zaslužiti
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: అర్హత కలిగి ఉండిన
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: заслуго́вувати, заслужи́ти
 * Venetian: meritar
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: