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# deserve

«deserve» in Mova's school dictionary: **If you deserve something, you should get it because of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (deserve, deserves, deserved, deserving)

### meaning for a pupil

1) If you deserve something, you should get it because of what you have done or what you are like. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deserve/#m1)

2) It can be used for good things (a reward) or bad things (a punishment). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deserve/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and fairness «deserve» is about what is fair: «You worked hard, you deserve a break.» Everyone deserves respect and kindness, whatever they look like. In stories, characters get what they deserve: the greedy villain is caught, the kind hero is rewarded. In sport, «they deserved to win» means they played better.

### examples

- You've tidied your room, so you deserve a treat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deserve/#x1)
- She deserved the prize for her amazing painting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deserve/#x2)
- Everyone deserves to be treated kindly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deserve/#x3)
- The team played well and deserved to win. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deserve/#x4)
- Nobody deserves to be bullied. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deserve/#x5)
- What did I do to deserve this? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deserve/#x6)
- After a long walk, we deserved a rest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deserve/#x7)
- And I deserve it, as usual! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deserve/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: deserved, deserving. Followed by a noun (deserve a medal) or «to» + verb (deserve to win). Not used in «-ing» continuous form usually (say «you deserve», not «you are deserving it»). «Deserving» as adjective = worthy. Do not confuse with «desert» (a dry land) or «dessert» (pudding).

### In the corpora

- [Young famous people, like teenage TV actors, deserve even more privacy, because they are still children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies/20/)
- [Child YouTubers are still children; their money and homes are private and they deserve protection.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/18/)
- [Surprising facts deserve a quick check, whether they turn out true or false.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/7-pretend-games-quotes-and-two-bots/9/)
- [Everyone deserves control over their own face and voice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/23-news-tricked-bots-discoveries/12/)
- [People help build AI, and they deserve fairness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/23-news-tricked-bots-discoveries/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «deserve» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deserve/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.