DESERVE  應得

Be APPROPRIATE:fitting to RECEIVE a certain PROFIT, DAMAGE:harm, REWARD, OR PUNISHMENT.
MERITEARNWARRANTRATEJUSTIFYBE WORTHY OFBE ENTITLED TOHAVE A RIGHT TOBE QUALIFIED FOR
Hypernym
  • APPROPRIATEEXCELLENT in a DEFINED SITUATION OR FOR a DEFINED NEED.
    • EXCELLENTFEATURE BECAUSE of which SOMETHING OR SOMEONE IS OR SHOULD BE PREFERRED to OTHERS
      • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
See also
  • SHOULDBe APPROPRIATE for a HUMAN to ACT:do something DEFINITE.
    Hyponym
    • RIGHT　What one DESERVES AND CAN DEMAND BECAUSE of LAW OR JUSTICE.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The one word that comes close to the meaning of deserve is dāng 當.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    應得 is a current modern word for something being deserved.

    值得 refers to something deserving an action regarding it.

    值當

    犯得著

    犯得上

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

    • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

      DESERVE

      merere refers to a person deserving something, and the word is always transitive.

      mereri is an intransitive verb meaning "to be deserving" and is constructed with adverbs, ut erat meritus.

    • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p.

    • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 5.502

      LOHN, VERDIENST

    Words

    堪  kān OC: khluum MC: khəm 10 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)deserve the contextually determinate treatment
    • vt+V[0]deserve to V
    • vt+V[0]V=passivedeserves to be V-ed
    • vtoNbe up to (praise), deserve, accept ???
    當  dāng OC: taaŋ MC: tɑŋ 8 Attributions

    The one word that comes consistently close to the meaning of deserve is dāng 當.

      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)merit the contextually determinate (favorable) treatment NCH
    • vt+V[0]deserve to (be rewarded or be punished)
    • vtoNdeserve, meritCH
    可  kě OC: khlaalʔ MC: khɑ 8 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vt+V[0]V=passivedeserve to be V-ed; merit V-ing
    足  zú OC: tsoɡ MC: tsi̯ok 7 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Contrast: 可/SHOULD Kě 可 precedes passivised verbs and expresses the idea that some object should be VERBed. See MUST

      Syntactic words
    • vt+V[0]V[0]=passivedeserve to be V-ed, merit V-ing
    應  yīng OC: qɯŋ MC: ʔɨŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vt+V[0]deserve to V

    Existing SW for

    Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: