MERIT
\mˈɛɹɪt], \mˈɛɹɪt], \m_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_t]\
Definitions of MERIT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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be worthy of or have a certain rating; "This bond rates highly"
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the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance); "there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded"
By Princeton University
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be worthy of or have a certain rating; "This bond rates highly"
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the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance); "there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence.
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Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits.
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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.
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To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit.
By Oddity Software
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Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence.
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Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits.
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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.
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To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit.
By Noah Webster.
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Excellence; worth; the quality or state of deserving; as, treat him according to his merit; deserved reward.
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To earn; be deserving of.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Excellence that deserves honor or reward: worth: value: that which is earned.
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To earn: to have a right to claim as reward: to deserve.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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