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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)

deserve

/dɪˈzɜːv/

An illustration for deserve

verb

to get the appropriate reward or punishment for the way you behaved or something you did

  • “There are sentences which do not deserve to be translated.”Tatoeba
  • “Death is the punishment that people like him deserve.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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