"deserving" meaning in English

See deserving in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈzɝvɪŋ/ [General-American], /dɪˈzɜːvɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deserving.wav Forms: more deserving [comparative], most deserving [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} deserving (comparative more deserving, superlative most deserving)
  1. worthy of reward or praise; meritorious Translations (worthy of reward or praise): похвален (pohvalen) (Bulgarian), достоен (dostoen) (Bulgarian), loffelijk (Dutch), dignus (Latin), méthitouaithe (Norman), tampat (Tagalog), схва́льний (sxválʹnyj) (Ukrainian), гі́дний (hídnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-deserving-en-adj-RvGmTVv7 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 35 9 8 Disambiguation of 'worthy of reward or praise': 80 20
  2. meriting, worthy (reward, punishment etc.) Translations (meriting, worthy): заслужаващ (zaslužavašt) (Bulgarian), mereixedor (Catalan), inda (Esperanto), merecedor (Galician), verdient (German), dignus (Latin), merecedor (Portuguese), merecedor (Spanish), digno (Spanish), tampat (Tagalog), заслу́жений (zaslúženyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-deserving-en-adj-hNfBGgwk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 50 7 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 50 10 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 56 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 34 44 14 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 35 46 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 33 44 12 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 31 52 9 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 31 48 12 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 35 46 12 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 31 51 10 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 31 48 13 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 33 48 11 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 31 53 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 35 46 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 31 48 12 9 Disambiguation of 'meriting, worthy': 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: undeserving

Noun

IPA: /dɪˈzɝvɪŋ/ [General-American], /dɪˈzɜːvɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deserving.wav Forms: deservings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} deserving (plural deservings)
  1. desert, merit Translations (desert, merit): заслуга (zasluga) (Bulgarian), достойнство (dostojnstvo) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-deserving-en-noun-gB5VFgoc

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈzɝvɪŋ/ [General-American], /dɪˈzɜːvɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deserving.wav
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} deserving
  1. present participle and gerund of deserve Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: deserve
    Sense id: en-deserving-en-verb-zXx5XhCR

Inflected forms

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