how to pronounce deserving

/dɪˈzɝvɪŋ/

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deserving is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of deserving in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… not be deserving I think the the thing …”

meanings of deserving

adjective:

Worthy of reward or praise; meritorious.
Meriting, worthy (reward, punishment etc.).

noun:

Desert, merit.

verb:

Present participle of deserve.

deserving frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word deserving occurs in english on average 4.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics deserving can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that deserving can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;