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Meaning of
'deserving'
(Webster Dictionary)
1 .
Deserving
[
a.
]
- Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act.
2 .
Deserving
[
n.
]
- Desert; merit.
3 .
Deserving
[
p. pr. & vb. n.
]
- of Deserve
Meaning of 'deserving' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 .
deserving
[
s
]
Meaning (1):
- (often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way
Example in sentence:
a deserving cause;
an idea worth considering;
the deserving poor
Nearby Words:
descant
descanted
descanter
descanting
descend
descendant
descended
descendent
descender
descendibility
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