Dictionary Definition
deserve v : be worthy or deserving; "You deserve
a promotion after all the hard work you have done" [syn: merit]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
- To earn or merit a reward or punishment.
- This user thinks Wikimedia deserves the Nobel prize.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Translations
to merit
- Czech: zasloužit, zasloužit si
- Dutch: verdienen
- French: mériter
- Finnish: ansaita
- German: verdienen
- Polish: zasłużyć
- Russian: заслуживать
- Slovak: zaslúžiť si
- Spanish: merecer
- Dutch: verdienen