{
    "term": "deserve",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "deserve",
            "heSheIt": "deserves"
        },
        "pastSimple": "deserved",
        "pastParticiple": "deserved",
        "ingForm": "deserving"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do something or show qualities that mean a particular reaction, reward or punishment is appropriate",
            "sensetop": "deserve somethingdeserve to do somethingdeserve doing something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You deserve a rest after all that hard work.",
                    "contextForm": "deserve something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The report deserves careful consideration."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This idea **deserves** more **attention**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "One player in particular **deserves a mention**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "England **deserve** tremendous **credit** for the way they played"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **deserve praise/respect**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What have I done to deserve this?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He finally received the recognition that he so **richly deserved**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They didn't **deserve to win**.",
                    "contextForm": "deserve to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He deserves to be locked up for ever for what he did."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Several other points deserve mentioning.",
                    "contextForm": "deserve doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She deserves some reward for all her hard work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This hotel fully deserves its four-star grading."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His work received only a tiny mention in the journal; he deserves better."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's true she made a mistake but she hardly deserves to lose her job."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["certainly", "definitely", "really"],
                "preposition": ["for"],
                "phrases": ["deserve better", "well deserved"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you admire somebody because they have done something difficult or unpleasant",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She deserves a medal for teaching those 5-year-olds all day!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You really deserve a medal!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you think somebody has earned the bad things that happen to them",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He did wrong, and he got what he deserved."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's just say they deserve what's coming to them."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "you should help somebody who has helped you",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈzɜːv/",
                "audio": "de/deserve/deserve__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈzɜːvz/",
                "audio": "de/deserve/deserves__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈzɜːvd/",
                "audio": "de/deserve/deserved__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈzɜːvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/deserve/deserving__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈzɜːrv/",
                "audio": "de/deserve/deserve__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈzɜːrvz/",
                "audio": "de/deserve/deserves__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈzɜːrvd/",
                "audio": "de/deserve/deserved__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈzɜːrvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/deserve/deserving__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French deservir, from Latin deservire ‘serve well or zealously’."
}