deserves
Saydi-ZURVZUS/dɪˈzɝvz/UK · AUS/dɪˈzɜːvz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of deserve.
After months of effort, the team deserves real recognition for the result.
The proposal deserves careful consideration before anyone votes on it.
Note
An -s form that wants a direct object: the team deserves credit, the plan deserves a hearing. It goes with he, she, it or a singular noun; with I, you, we, they or a plural subject, bare deserve returns. Older English also used the verb to mean earn, reward or serve someone, but those uses are obsolete, so in current writing deserves always means being worthy of what follows.
deserves is a form of deserve
deserve, verb: To be entitled to something as a result of past actions, or to be worthy of having it. Full entry
- Spelling
- deserve → deserves: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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