C2noun · countable / uncountable · common

merit

mer·it

merit · merits

заслуга

заслуга, достоинство, пунья

Verdienst

A claim to commendation or a rewardA claim to commendation or a reward.

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/ˈmɛɹɪt/

» Your argument has no merit.

Meaning

6 senses

(countable)A claim to commendation or a reward.
Verdienst
заслу́гаzaslúga, достоинствоdostoinstvo
(countable)A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence.
For her good performance in the examination, her teacher gave her ten merits.
(countable, uncountable)Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.
His reward for his merit was a check for $50.
заслугаzasluga
заслу́гаzaslúha
(Jainism, uncountable)The sum of all the good deeds that a person does which determines the quality of the person's next state of existence and contributes to the person's growth towards enlightenment.
to acquire or make merit
пу́ньяpúnʹja
(uncountable)Usually in the plural form the merits: the substantive rightness or wrongness of a legal argument, a lawsuit, etc., as opposed to technical matters such as the admissibility of evidence or points of legal procedure; (by extension) the overall good or bad quality, or rightness or wrongness, of some other thing.
Even though the plaintiff was ordered by the judge to pay some costs for not having followed the correct procedure, she won the case on the merits.
(countable, obsolete)The quality or state of deserving retribution, whether reward or punishment.
the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)

Examples

45 sentences

Your argument has no merit.
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Naivete is his only merit.
Простакуватість - його єдине достоїнство.
ruНаивность — его единственное положительное качество.
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Everybody has his merits and demerits.
ruУ всех есть свои достоинства и недостатки.
deJeder hat seine Verdienste und seine Schwächen.
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His work merits the highest praise.
ruЕго работа заслуживает высшей похвалы.
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Luck favours those who show merit.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward:

Русский

By meaning 3

claim to commendation or a reward:

something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward:

(Buddhism, Jainism) sum of all the good deeds that a person does:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

claim to commendation or a reward:

Origin

From Middle English merit, merite (“quality of person’s character or conduct deserving of

From Middle English merit, merite (“quality of person’s character or conduct deserving of reward or punishment; such reward or punishment; excellence, worthiness; benefit; right to be rewarded for spiritual service; retribution at doomsday; virtue through which Jesus Christ brings about salvation; virtue possessed by a holy person; power of a pagan deity”), from Anglo-Norman merit, merite, Old French merite (“moral worth, reward; merit”) (modern French mérite), from Latin meritum (“that which one deserves, deserts; benefit, reward, merit; service; kindness; importance, value, worth; blame, demerit, fault; grounds, reason”), neuter of meritus (“deserved, earned, obtained; due, proper, right; deserving, meritorious”), perfect passive participle of mereō (“to deserve, earn, obtain, merit; to earn a living”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to allot, assign”). The English word is probably cognate with Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “component, part; portion, share; destiny, fate, lot”) and cognate with Old Occitan merit.

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