merits
merits is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, merits is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofmerits
- A claim to commendation or a reward.
- A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence.
Example: "For her good performance in the examination, her teacher gave her ten merits."
- Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.
Synonyms: excellence, value, worth
Example: "His reward for his merit was a check for $50."
- 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.
Example: "to acquire or make merit"
- 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.
Example: "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."
- The quality or state of deserving retribution, whether reward or punishment.
- To deserve, to earn.
Example: "Her performance merited wild applause."
- To be deserving or worthy.
Example: "They were punished as they merited."
- To reward.
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