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Meaning of 'merit' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Merit [ n.]
- The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.
- Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence.
- Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits.
- 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.
- To reward.
2 . Merit [ v. i.]
- To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit.

Meaning of 'merit' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . merit [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
Example in sentence:
  • there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded
Meaning (2):
- any admirable quality or attribute
Example in sentence:
  • work of great merit
3 . merit [ v]
Meaning (3):
- be worthy or deserving
Example in sentence:
  • You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done

Nearby Words:

meracious mercable mercantile mercaptal mercaptan mercaptide mercat mercatante mercator's chart mercature

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