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merit

Definition

  • noun: a good quality or feature that deserves to be praised
  • noun: reward or punishment due
  • verb: to deserve (something, such as attention or good treatment) by being important or good
  • verb: to be worthy of or entitled or liable to
  • usually plural
  • synonyms: earn, desert, worth

Examples

  • The five contestants will be judged 'on their own merits'. [=they will be judged by looking at their skills and their good and bad qualities]

  • Hiring decisions are based entirely 'on merit'. [=people are hired because they have the skills to do the job well]

  • We should consider each idea 'on its merits'. [=we should consider the good and bad things about each idea]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Alexander Supertramp. May of . University of Emory, Atlanta Georgia. Two years before the "Magic" bus... We are here for those that honor to the nation with the merit of the study. All will be stepping earth more firm, with the power the knowledge. Nina Glen Lockwin. Vanessa Denise Lowrie. (..)
    2007 Into the Wild