desert
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- noun
- /dɪˈzɜrt/
- Literature
- We all got our just deserts.
- just deserts
- dignity and desert
- moral desert
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Watch on YouTubeHe said, the thing about grandchildren, they are the deserts of life.
- He said, the thing about grandchildren, they are the deserts of life.
- This position is called moral desert nihilism.
Examples
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For a few minutes, he let us experience the just deserts of criminals.
Fiction book (1999) -
The sandstorm has cleared, and in its place, a harsh desert sun beats down.
Fiction book (2002) -
I'll make sure everyone gets their just deserts.
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Let's all just do our job, and we will be rewarded according to our just deserts.
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Without them, life would be a desert, hope a mockery, freedom a myth, and all joy forever flown.
Academic text (2014) -
Any plausible theory of the proper amounts of punishment will have moral desert as at least a limiting condition.
Academic text (2008) -
Stop crying for your just deserts, or they're liable to give them to you.
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The criminals received their deserts after being found guilty of their crimes.
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In justice, everyone hopes to get their fair deserts based on their actions.
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Her hard work in the project was finally recognized, and she got the deserts she deserved.
Synonyms
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7.7
A punishment or reward a person should get
Compounds
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4.1
A US-led military attack in 1991 that quickly forced Iraq's army out of Kuwait
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3.8
A very dry area in southern California and nearby states with plants like Joshua trees and animals
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4.4
A large dry area in northern China and southern Mongolia with few plants and strong winds
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5.9
A large dry region in southwestern Arizona, southeastern California, and northwestern Mexico with many saguaro cacti
- US
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8.0
A small hopping animal that lives in deserts, often in North America and Mexico, and eats seeds
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7.7
A small plant with a thick swollen stem and bright pink or white flowers grown in warm places
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6.0
A large land turtle with a round shell that lives in burrows to escape desert heat
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8.9
A nickname for the German general Erwin Rommel who led forces in North Africa during World War II
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6.2
A desert in northwestern Nevada with a large flat dry lakebed and an annual arts festival
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4.8
A very large dry area in southern Syria, western Iraq, eastern Jordan and northern Saudi Arabia
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A large dry area in southern California and western Arizona with hot weather and Joshua trees
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5.1
A dry area in southeast California with very hot weather and special desert plants and animals
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An arid flat area of sand and rock in the northeast of Sudan between the Nile and the Red Sea
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A small tree that grows in dry places and has long narrow leaves and purple flowers
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6.1
A large dry area of sand in northwest India and southeast Pakistan with little plant life
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A large flat area of salt and dry land in north central Iran, also called Dasht-e Kavir
- US
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8.1
A low shrub that grows in salty, dry soil with blue-green prickly leaves often used for Christmas decoration
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A very large dry area in southern Argentina that is one of the world's biggest deserts
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A slender hairy plant with golden-yellow flowers that grows in sandy deserts
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A small lizard with a long tail that lives in hot dry deserts and sits in the sun on rocks
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4.0
A large dry area east of the Indus River in northwest India and southeast Pakistan
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A small desert plant with sticky leaves and bright pink trumpet flowers
A desert plant with deep pink, tube-shaped flowers that open in the evening
A wild flower with bell-shaped orange, red or yellow blooms on short stems in dry places
A plant in dry western United States areas with straight stems and groups of bright red and orange flowers
- Australian
A low bushy plant from dry parts of Australia with bright red flowers and a black spot
- US
A plant that lives for several years with thick yellow flower spikes and blue-green divided leaves
- Australian
A short Australian plant from dry inland areas with bright red flowers and black centres
A dry area in Turkmenistan south of the Aral Sea with large areas of sand and few plants
Surface Forms
Etymology
Desert (what one deserves) comes from a different root related to the common word deserve, so your 'deserts' are the rewards or punishments you have earned.