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to deserve
01
to do a particular thing or have the qualities needed for being punished or rewarded
Transitive: to deserve a reward or punishment
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
State verb
Regular
Present tense
deserve
3rd person singular
deserves
Present participle
deserving
Past simple
deserved
Past participle
deserved
Examples
After completing the project ahead of schedule, she deserved the recognition and praise from her team.
Lexical Tree
deserved
deserving
deserve
