merit (redirected from meriting)

mer·it  (mrt)

n.

1.

a. Superior quality or worth; excellence: a proposal of some merit; an ill-advised plan without merit.

b. A quality deserving praise or approval; virtue: a store having the merit of being open late.

2. Demonstrated ability or achievement: promotions based on merit alone.

3. An aspect of character or behavior deserving approval or disapproval. Often used in the plural: judging people according to their merits.

4. Christianity Spiritual credit granted for good works.

5. merits

a. Law A party's strict legal rights, excluding jurisdictional, personal, or technical aspects.

b. The factual content of a matter, apart from emotional, contextual, or formal considerations.

v. mer·it·ed, mer·it·ing, mer·its

v.tr.

To earn; deserve. See Synonyms at earn¹.

v.intr.

To be worthy or deserving: Pupils are rewarded or corrected, as they merit.

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[Middle English, from Old French merite, reward or punishment, from Latin meritum, from neuter past participle of merre, to deserve; see (s)mer-² in Indo-European roots.]

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merit·less adj.

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merit

Noun

1. worth or superior quality; excellence: the film had two sequels, neither of much merit

2. an admirable or advantageous quality: the relative merits of film and video as a medium of communication

3. have the merit of to have a positive feature or advantage that the alternatives do not have: the first version has the merit of being short

4. on its merits on its intrinsic qualities or virtues

Verb

[-iting, -ited]

to be worthy of; deserve: the issue merits much fuller discussion [Latin meritum reward]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	merit - any admirable quality or attribute; "work of great merit" virtue worth - the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful demerit, fault - the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection; "they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel"; "he knew his own faults much better than she did"
	2.	merit - the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance); "there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded" deservingness, meritoriousness worthiness - the quality or state of having merit or value
Verb	1.	merit - be worthy or deserving; "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done" deserve be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" have it coming - deserve (either good or bad); "It's too bad he got fired, but he sure had it coming"

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merit

noun 1. advantage, value, quality, worth, strength, asset, virtue, good point, strong point, worthiness

verb 2. deserve, warrant, be entitled to, earn, incur, have a right to, be worthy of, have a claim to

Translations

merit [ˈmɛrɪt] n → mérito

vt → merecer

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merit [ˈmɛrɪt] n → mérite m, valeur f

vt → mériter

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merit [ˈmɛrɪt] n (worth, value) → Wert m;

(advantage) → Vorzug m;

(achievement) → Verdienst nt

vt → verdienen

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merit [ˈmɛrɪt] n → merito, valore m

vt → meritare

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merit

n merit [ˈmerit]

1 the quality of worth, excellence or praiseworthiness He reached his present position through merit. meriete جَدارَه، إسْتِحْقاق заслуга zásluha, vynikající vlastnost fortjeneste der Verdienst αξία, προσόν mérito, merecimiento teene لیاقت ansio mérite עֵרֶך योग्यता zasluga érdem kebaikan verðleiki; kostur; gildi merito 功績 뛰어남, 빼어남 nuopelnas nopelni merit verdienste fortjeneste, utmerkelse zasługa merecimento merit заслуга zásluha zasluga zasluga förtjänst, merit คุณความดี erdem, meziyet 功績 заслуга خوبی ، اچھائی giá trị 功绩

2 a good point or quality His speech had at least the merit of being short. verdienste حَسَنَه، ميزَه добродетел přednost fordel der Wert πλεονέκτημα, θετικό στοιχείο mérito voorus شایستگی hyvä puoli mérite יִתָרוֹן गुण, अच्छाई, विशिष्टता odlika érdem, érték kelebihan kostur merito 長所 장점 gera savybė laba īpašība kelebihan verdienste fortrinn zaleta mérito merit достоинство prednosť odlika vrednost förtjänst ข้อดี değer 優點 достоїнство فضيلت phẩm chất tốt 优点

v

to deserve as reward or punishment Your case merits careful consideration. verdien, noop يَسْتَحِق заслужавам zasloužit (si) fortjene verdienen αξίζω merecer, ser digno de pälvima استحقاق داشتن ansaita mériter לִהיוֹת רָאוּי योग्य होना, योग्यता रखना, लायक़ होना zavrijediti (ki)érdemel layak eiga skilið meritare ～に値する ...을 받을 만하다 būti vertam izpelnīties wajar verdienen fortjene, gjøre seg fortjent til zasługiwać na merecer a me­rita заслуживать zaslúžiť zaslužiti zasluživati förtjäna, vara värd ควรได้รับ haketmek, lâyık olmak 值得 заслуговувати جزا یا سزا کا مستحق ہونا xứng đáng 值得

adj meriˈtorious [-ˈtoː-]

deserving reward or praise a meritorious performance. verdienstelik جَدير بالتَّقْدير заслужаващ награда záslužný fortjenstfuld verdienstlich αξιόλογος, αξιέπαινος meritorio teenekas, kiiduväärt شایسته ترین ansiokas méritant, méritoire רָאוּי לְצִיוּן सराहनीय zaslužan érdemes layak dipuji virðingarverður meritorio, meritevole 称賛に値する 칭찬할 만한, 가치 있는 pagyrimo vertas, pagirtinas []slavējams patut dipuji verdienstelijk fortjenstfull, hederlig chwalebny meritório. meritoriu достойный награды; похвальный záslužný zaslužen zaslužan förtjänstfull ซึ่งมีความดีความชอบ övgüye değer 值得稱贊的 похвальний اعلی، قابل تعریف đáng khen 值得称赞的