Definition of meriti
1. merit [ v ] be worthy or deserving
Examples:
"You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"
2. merit [ v ] be worthy of or have a certain rating
Examples:
"This bond rates highly"
(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)
Hartman , purchased by the A 's from the Milwaukee_Braves last fall , allowed no hits in his scoreless three inning appearance , and merited the triumph .
(LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)
The question of epidemic disease merits some discussion .
(Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)
But then , after the little operetta had been given its feeble amateur rendering , everyone insisted that it was too good to be lost forever , and that the Royal_Academy_of_Music must now have the manuscript in_order to give it the really first-rate performance it merited .
Synonyms deserve merit rate Related Terms be rating3. merit [ n ] any admirable quality or attribute
Examples:
"work of great merit"
(Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)
Without comparing the relative merits of the two courses - architecture versus interior_design - let us examine the educational needs of the interior_designer .
(J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)
Whatever the merits of its intent , Utopian communism is far too naive , far too crude , to suit any modern socialist or communist .
(Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)
His operatic music had little merit .
Synonyms merit virtue Related Terms demerit worth4. merit [ n ] the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
Examples:
"there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded"
(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)
Willie 's big day revived the running argument about the relative merits of Mays and Mickey_Mantle .
(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)
In it was a stone Tibetan Buddha I had picked_up in Bombay , and occasionally , to make merit , my wife and I garlanded it with flowers or laid a_few pennies in its lap .
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