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deserving

Adjective

∙ worthy of reward or praise; meritorious
∙ meriting, worthy (reward, punishment etc.)

Noun

∙ desert, merit

Verb

∙ present participle of deserve

deserve

Verb

∙ To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have.
∙ To earn, win. obsolete
∙ To reward, to give in return for service. obsolete
∙ To serve; to treat; to benefit. obsolete

BABYLON ENGLISH
deserving adj.
worthy of; proper for
deserve v.
be worthy of, have a right to

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
deserving
deserving
\de*serv"ing\, n. desert; merit. a person of great deservings from the republic.
deserving
\de*serv"ing\, a. meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act. -- de*serv"ing*ly, adv.

WORDNET 2.0
deserving
Adjective
1. having sufficient worth; "an idea worth considering"; "a cause deserving or meriting support"; "the deserving poor" (often used ironically)
(synonym) deserving(p), meriting(p), worth(p)
(similar) worthy
(classification) irony
deserve
Verb
1. be worthy or deserving; "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"
(synonym) merit
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) have it coming

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Desert (philosophy)
Desert in philosophy is the condition of being deserving of something, whether good or bad.
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WIKTIONARY - Yabla

deserving

Adjective

∙ worthy of reward or praise; meritorious
∙ meriting, worthy (reward, punishment etc.)

Noun

∙ desert, merit

Verb

∙ present participle of deserve

deserve

Verb

∙ To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have.
∙ To earn, win. obsolete
∙ To reward, to give in return for service. obsolete
∙ To serve; to treat; to benefit. obsolete

BABYLON ENGLISH
deserving adj.
worthy of; proper for
deserve v.
be worthy of, have a right to

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
deserving
deserving
\de*serv"ing\, n. desert; merit. a person of great deservings from the republic.
deserving
\de*serv"ing\, a. meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act. -- de*serv"ing*ly, adv.

WORDNET 2.0
deserving
Adjective
1. having sufficient worth; "an idea worth considering"; "a cause deserving or meriting support"; "the deserving poor" (often used ironically)
(synonym) deserving(p), meriting(p), worth(p)
(similar) worthy
(classification) irony
deserve
Verb
1. be worthy or deserving; "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"
(synonym) merit
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) have it coming

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Desert (philosophy)
Desert in philosophy is the condition of being deserving of something, whether good or bad.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

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