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Definición y significado de deserving
deserving
- present participle of deserve (verb)
Definición
deserve (v. trans.)
1.be worthy or deserving"You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"
deserving (adj.)
1.worthy of being treated in a particular way"an idea worth considering" "the deserving poor" (often used ironically)
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Merriam Webster
DeserveDe*serve" (d�*zẽrv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deserved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deserving.] [OF. deservir, desservir, to merit, L. deservire to serve zealously, be devoted to; de- + servire to serve. See Serve.]
1. 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.
God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. Job xi. 6.
John Gay deserved to be a favorite. Thackeray.
Encouragement is not held out to things that deserve reprehension. Burke.
2. To serve; to treat; to benefit. [Obs.]
A man that hath
So well deserved me. Massinger.
deservede*serve" (d�*zẽrv"), v. i. To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well.
One man may merit or deserve of another. South.
DeservingDe*serv"ing, n. Desert; merit.
A person of great deservings from the republic. Swift.
DeservingDe*serv"ing, a. Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act. -- De*serv"ing*ly, adv.
Sinónimos
deserve (v. trans.)
be deserving of, be due, be worth, be worthy, be worthy of, earn, invite, justify, merit
deserving (adj.)
admirable, commendable, creditable, due, estimable, exemplary, fair, honourable, immaculate, laudable, meritorious, worth, worthy
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Ver también
deserve (v. trans.)
↘ deserving, worth, worthy ↗ deservingness, merit, meritoriousness, virtue
deserving (adj.)
↗ be deserving of, be due, be worth, be worthy, be worthy of, deserve, deservingness, merit, meritoriousness, virtue
Frases
⇨ A Hangover You Don't Deserve • Deserve the Future Tour • Get What You Deserve • Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do To Deserve This? • Light a Match, For I Deserve to Burn • More Than You Deserve • More Then You Deserve • More then You Deserve • More then you deserve • We Deserve Much Worse • What Have I Done to Deserve This? • What Have I Done to Deserve This? (Grey's Anatomy) • What Have I Done to Deserve This? (film) • What Have I Done to Deserve This? (song) • What I Deserve • What Men Deserve to Lose • You Deserve Someone Better Than a Bum Like Me
Diccionario analógico
deserve (v. tr.)
be[Hyper.]
deserving (adj.)
qui mérite d'être respecté (fr)[Classe]
qui a du mérite (fr)[Classe]
be deserving of, be due, be worth, be worthy, be worthy of, deserve, merit[Qui~]
deservingness, merit, meritoriousness, virtue[Qui a]
irony[Domaine]
worthy[Similaire]
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