What does merit mean?
Definitions for merit
ˈmɛr ɪtmer·it
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word merit.
Princeton's WordNet
merit, virtuenoun
any admirable quality or attribute
"work of great merit"
deservingness, merit, meritoriousnessverb
the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
"there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded"
deserve, meritverb
be worthy or deserving
"You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"
Wiktionary
meritnoun
Something worthy of a high rating.
meritnoun
A claim to commendation or reward.
meritnoun
The quality of deserving reward.
meritverb
To earn or to deserve.
meritverb
To be worthy or deserving.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
MERITnoun
Etymology: meritum, Latin; merite, French.
You have the captives; use them
As we shall find their merits and our safety
May equally determine. William Shakespeare, King Lear.She deem’d I well deserv’d to die,
And made a merit of her cruelty. Dryden.Roscommon, not more learn’d than good,
With manners gen’rous as his noble blood;
To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known,
And ev’ry author’s merit but his own. Alexander Pope.She valu’d nothing less
Than titles, figure, shape, and dress;
That merit should be chiefly plac’d
In judgment, knowledge, wit, and taste. Jonathan Swift.Those laurel groves, the merits of thy youth,
Which thou from Mahomet didst greatly gain,
While bold assertor of resistless truth,
Thy sword did godlike liberty maintain. Matthew Prior.As I am studious to promote the honour of my native country, I put Geoffrey Chaucer’s merits to the trial, by turning some of the Canterbury tales into our language. Dryden.
When a point hath been well examined, and our own judgment settled, after a large survey of the merits of the cause, it would be a weakness to continue fluttering. Isaac Watts.
To Meritverb
Etymology: meriter, French.
Amply have merited of me, of all
Th’ infernal empire. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. x.A man at best is uncapable of meriting any thing from God. Robert South, Sermons.
Whatsoever jewels I have merited, I am sure I have received none, unless experience be a jewel; that I have purchased at an infinite rate. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.
If such rewards to vanquish’d men are due,
What prize may Nisus from your bounty claim,
Who merited the first rewards, and fame? Dryden.
ChatGPT
merit
Merit refers to the quality of being particularly good or worthy, especially so as to deserve praise or reward. It can also refer to a commendable quality or act, a virtue, or the intrinsic value or worthiness of something.
Webster Dictionary
Meritnoun
the quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert
Meritnoun
esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence
Meritnoun
reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits
Meritnoun
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
Meritnoun
to reward
Meritverb
to acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit
Etymology: [F. mriter, L. meritare, v. intens. fr. merere. See Merit, n.]
Wikidata
Merit
Merit is a concept in Buddhism/Hinduism. It is that which accumulates as a result of good deeds, acts, or thoughts and which carries over to throughout the life or the subsequent incarnations. Such merit contributes to a person's growth towards spiritual liberation. Merit can be gained in a number of ways. In addition, according to the Mahayana Sutra of The Great Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, one can "transfer" 1/7 merit of an act they have performed to a deceased loved one such as in the Shitro practice in order to diminish the deceased's suffering in their new existence. Pariṇāmanā may be rendered as 'transfer of merit' or 'dedication' and involves the transfer of merit as a cause to bring about an effect.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Merit
mer′it, n. excellence that deserves honour or reward: worth: value: that which one has earned.—v.t. to earn: to have a right to claim as a reward: to deserve: (pl., in law) the right or wrong of a case, apart from questions of procedure.—adj. Meritō′rious, possessing merit or desert: deserving of reward, honour, or praise.—adv. Meritō′riously.—n. Meritō′riousness.—Order for merit, a Prussian order, the military class founded by Frederick the Great in 1740—the civil class, by Frederick William IV. in 1842 for eminence in science and art; Order of merit, place in a class or list in which the best is placed first, the next best second, and so on. [Fr.,—L. meritum—merēre, -ĭtum, to obtain as a lot, to deserve.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
merit
To earn by active service, or by any valuable performance; to have a right to claim as reward; to deserve. Also, the quality or relation of deserving well or ill.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
MERIT
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Merit is ranked #84748 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Merit surname appeared 221 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Merit.
67.8% or 150 total occurrences were White.
25.7% or 57 total occurrences were Black.
2.2% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'merit' in Nouns Frequency: #1931
Anagrams for merit »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of merit in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of merit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of merit in a Sentence
I do believe there is some merit, maybe not the fourth-and-15, but the fans want to see the stars with the ball in their hands, i think there is something there with that option for the club to be able to get back into the game when down two scores... that could be something I see happening in the future. That is good for the player and it is also good for those watching the game.
We're glad that women across the country are going to have an opportunity to join this case, we remain confident that this case lacks merit.
Amongst the learned the lawyers claim first place, the most self-satisfied class of people, as they roll their rock of Sisyphus and string together six hundred laws in the same breath, no matter whether relevant or not, piling up opinion on opinion and gloss on gloss to make their profession seem the most difficult of all. Anything which causes trouble has special merit in their eyes.
Amazon will not necessarily be spooked by the increase in costs, indeed, it sees the higher shipping expense as an investment in the Prime platform and as a way to retain the loyalty of its shoppers. As the top line results testify, there is some merit in this argument.
Wesleyan University in Connecticut:
Wesleyan has offered DKE the opportunity to work regularly with the administration so that the DKE house might be ready for co-educated program housing in 2016, the university is confident that this lawsuit has no merit.
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