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{
"term": "deserve",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "deserve",
"heSheIt": "deserves"
},
"pastSimple": "deserved",
"pastParticiple": "deserved",
"ingForm": "deserving"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to do something or show qualities that mean a particular reaction, reward or punishment is appropriate",
"sensetop": "deserve somethingdeserve to do somethingdeserve doing something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You deserve a rest after all that hard work.",
"contextForm": "deserve something"
},
{
"text": "The report deserves careful consideration."
},
{
"text": "This idea **deserves** more **attention**."
},
{
"text": "One player in particular **deserves a mention**."
},
{
"text": "England **deserve** tremendous **credit** for the way they played"
},
{
"text": "to **deserve praise/respect**"
},
{
"text": "What have I done to deserve this?"
},
{
"text": "He finally received the recognition that he so **richly deserved**."
},
{
"text": "They didn't **deserve to win**.",
"contextForm": "deserve to do something"
},
{
"text": "He deserves to be locked up for ever for what he did."
},
{
"text": "Several other points deserve mentioning.",
"contextForm": "deserve doing something"
},
{
"text": "She deserves some reward for all her hard work."
},
{
"text": "This hotel fully deserves its four-star grading."
},
{
"text": "His work received only a tiny mention in the journal; he deserves better."
},
{
"text": "It's true she made a mistake but she hardly deserves to lose her job."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["certainly", "definitely", "really"],
"preposition": ["for"],
"phrases": ["deserve better", "well deserved"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that you admire somebody because they have done something difficult or unpleasant",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She deserves a medal for teaching those 5-year-olds all day!"
},
{
"text": "You really deserve a medal!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that you think somebody has earned the bad things that happen to them",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He did wrong, and he got what he deserved."
},
{
"text": "Let's just say they deserve what's coming to them."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "you should help somebody who has helped you",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈzɜːv/",
"audio": "de/deserve/deserve__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈzɜːvz/",
"audio": "de/deserve/deserves__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈzɜːvd/",
"audio": "de/deserve/deserved__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈzɜːvɪŋ/",
"audio": "de/deserve/deserving__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈzɜːrv/",
"audio": "de/deserve/deserve__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈzɜːrvz/",
"audio": "de/deserve/deserves__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈzɜːrvd/",
"audio": "de/deserve/deserved__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈzɜːrvɪŋ/",
"audio": "de/deserve/deserving__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French deservir, from Latin deservire ‘serve well or zealously’."
}