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1. (n.) merit
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
2. merit
something that deserves praise or reward; commendable quality or act:
Its chief merit is sincerity.
3. merit
merits, the inherent rights and wrongs of a matter unobscured by procedural details, personal feelings, etc.
4. merit
Often, merits. the state or fact of deserving; desert:
to treat people according to their merits.
5. merit
claim to spiritual reward, earned by the performance of righteous acts.
6. (v.t.) merit
to be worthy of; deserve.
Etymology: (1175–1225; ME < L meritum noteworthy act, from neut. of meritus, ptp. of merēre to earn)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) merit, virtue
any admirable quality or attribute
"work of great merit"
2. (verb) deservingness, merit, meritoriousness
the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
"there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded"
3. (verb) deserve, merit
be worthy or deserving
"You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"
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1. (noun) merit
a good point or quality that sth or sb has
a debate on the merits of private education
2. (verb) merit
(of an action) to be worth doing
It's one of the town's buildings that merits a visit.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) MERIT
the quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert
2. (noun) MERIT
esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence
3. (noun) MERIT
reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits
4. (noun) MERIT
to earn by service or performance; to have a right to claim as reward; to deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a bad sense; as, to merit punishment
5. (noun) MERIT
to reward
6. (verb) MERIT
to acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit
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Sense: the quality of worth, excellence or praiseworthiness
He reached his present position through merit.
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 Afrikaans: meriete |
 Arabic: جَدارَه، إسْتِحْقاق |
 Bulgarian: заслуга |
 Brazilian: mérito |
 Czech: zásluha, vynikající vlast |
 German: der Verdienst |
 Danish: fortjeneste |
 Greek: αξία, προσόν |
 Spanish: mérito, merecimiento |
 Estonian: teene |
 Farsi: لیاقت |
 Finnish: meriitti |
 French: mérite |
 Hebrew: עֵרֶך |
 Hindi: योग्यता |
 Croatian: zasluga |
 Hungarian: érdem |
 Indonesian: kebaikan |
 Icelandic: verðleiki; kostur; gildi |
 Italian: merito |
 Japanese: 功績 |
 Korean: (칭찬할 만한) 우수함, 가치 |
 Lithuanian: nuopelnas |
 Latvian: nopelni |
 Malay: merit |
 Dutch: verdienste |
 Norwegian: fortjeneste, utmerkelse |
 Polish: zasługa |
 Persian: لیاقت |
 Pashto: لياقت |
 Portuguese: merecimento |
 Romanian: merit |
 Russian: заслуга |
 Slovak: zásluha |
 Slovenian: zasluga |
 Serbian: zasluga |
 Swedish: förtjänst, merit |
 Thai: คุณความดี |
 Turkish: erdem, meziyet |
 Taiwanese: 功績 |
 Ukrainian: заслуга |
 Urdu: خوبی ، اچھائی |
 Vietnamese: giá trị |
 Chinese: 功绩 |
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