deserve
pronunciation
How to pronounce deserve in British English:
UK [dɪˈzɜːv]
How to pronounce deserve in American English:
US [dɪˈzɜːrv]
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- Verb:
- be worthy or deserving
Word Origin
- deserve
- deserve: [13] Latin dēservīre meant ‘serve well or enthusiastically’ (it was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē- and servīre ‘serve’). Hence in late Latin it came to mean ‘become entitled to because of meritorious service’, a sense which passed via Old French deservir into English. The more general modern English ‘be worthy of’ developed in the 15th century.=> serve
- deserve (v.)
- early 13c., from Old French deservir (Modern French desservir) "deserve, be worthy of, earn, merit," from Latin deservire "serve well," from de- "completely" (see de-) + servire "to serve" (see serve). From "be entitled to because of good service" (a sense found in Late Latin), meaning generalized c. 1300 to "be worthy of." Related: Deserved; deserving.
Example
- 1. International organisations also deserve some praise .
- 2. You really get what you deserve in your life ?
- 3. Ap do they all deserve it ?
- 4. But do they really deserve this fearsome reputation ?
- 5. But god loves us so much that he acted dramatically to save us from the punishment we deserve .