deserve
verb (used with object)
to merit, be qualified for, or have a claim to (reward, assistance, punishment, etc.) because of actions, qualities, or situation.
will have deserved
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future perfectof deserve.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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If a 1 seed is going to come tumbling down, ideally they will have deserved it.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2018
"The great thing about this year is that whatever driver wins it they will have deserved it," Brawn said.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2016
If we don’t, we will lose…and even worse, we will have deserved it.”
From Forbes ● Jul. 5, 2012
"It might do, but the bottom line is if we finish sixth or seventh we will have deserved it on merit," the 32-year-old says.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2011
This superhuman courage I wish for him, I ask of him; in displaying it, he will have deserved much of America and of humanity.
From The Uprising of a Great People The United States in 1861. to Which is Added a Word of Peace on the Difference Between England the United States. by Mary L. (Mary Louise) Booth
