What does MERIT mean?

Definitions for MERIT
ˈmɛr ɪtmer·it

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. merit, virtuenoun

    any admirable quality or attribute

    "work of great merit"

  2. deservingness, merit, meritoriousnessverb

    the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)

    "there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded"

  3. deserve, meritverb

    be worthy or deserving

    "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"

Wiktionary

  1. meritnoun

    Something worthy of a high rating.

  2. meritnoun

    A claim to commendation or reward.

  3. meritnoun

    The quality of deserving reward.

  4. meritverb

    To earn or to deserve.

  5. meritverb

    To be worthy or deserving.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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.

  2. 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

  1. 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

  1. Meritnoun

    the quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert

  2. Meritnoun

    esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence

  3. Meritnoun

    reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits

  4. 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

  5. Meritnoun

    to reward

  6. Meritverb

    to acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit

  7. Etymology: [F. mriter, L. meritare, v. intens. fr. merere. See Merit, n.]

Wikidata

  1. 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

  1. 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. meritummerēre, -ĭtum, to obtain as a lot, to deserve.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'MERIT' in Nouns Frequency: #1931

Anagrams for MERIT »

  1. miter

  2. mitre

  3. remit

  4. timer

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of MERIT in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of MERIT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of MERIT in a Sentence

  1. Anthony Fauci:

    So there is some merit to the arguments that are made.

  2. Ryan Zinke:

    They haven't talked to me. The Justice Department will be the same thing as all the other investigations. I follow all rules, procedures, regulations and most importantly the law. This is another politically driven investigation that has no merit.

  3. President Buhari:

    All of you, including the national security adviser, were chosen on merit. Your records gave you the job.

  4. Chloe Teachey:

    Eliminating affirmative action does not mean opposing against diversity. Universities should base admissions decisions on academics and extracurricular activities, not skin color. There are other ways to promote diversity within the merit system, affirmative action may sound like a positive policy for universities to have, but it is discrimination. The term tries hides its discriminatory practices behind the concept of diversity.

  5. Joe Biden:

    Any dollar that goes to someone that does not merit it under the law, any dollar taken corruptly, we will find it, we will come get it and we will punish the wrongdoers, that should start tomorrow. But if it doesn't, it will start on January 20, 2021.

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