merit

1 عمومی:: سزاواری‌، شایستگی‌، شایسته‌ بودن‌، استحقاق‌، لیاقت‌

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general:: noun worth: He earned it on his own merit. verb deserved: She merited an increase in pay.

Simple Definitions

2 general::   verb ADV. certainly, clearly | hardly The question hardly merits an answer.,   noun ADJ. considerable, exceptional, great, outstanding | aesthetic, architectural, artistic, literary The film has no artistic merit whatsoever. | relative We need to consider the relative merits of both makes of cooker. | individual Each case should be judged on its individual merits. VERB + MERIT have | argue, assess, consider, debate, discuss, judge We need to assess the merits of both proposals before making our decision. MERIT + NOUN award She received a merit award for outstanding work. PREP. according to ~ Films are given a rating of one to five stars according to merit. | on ~ Prizes are awarded entirely on merit. PHRASES no merit in doing sth I can see no merit in excluding the child from school. | order of merit The winners are ranked in order of merit.

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

3 general:: see ON ITS MERITS.

American Heritage Idioms

4 general:: merit verbs have merit • Both suggestions had some merit. discuss/debate the merits of something (= discuss whether or not something is a good idea ) • They were discussing the merits of sending soldiers to the area. consider/judge the merits of something (= think about whether or not something is a good idea ) • The committee is considering the merits of the proposal. assess/evaluate the merits of something (= to decide what is good about something using careful methods ) • Has any study assessed the merits of the two schools? question the merits of something (= not be sure if something is a good idea ) • People began to question the merits of nuclear energy. have its merits (= have some good qualities ) • Each idea has its merits. adjectives artistic merit (= the qualities that make something good as a piece of art ) • What are the artistic merits of this statue? literary merit (= the qualities that make something good as a book, play, or poem ) • There was no literary merit in his poems. great merit • It seems to me that the idea has great merit. outstanding merit (= very great merit ) • The prize is given to students of outstanding merit. considerable merit (= a lot of merit ) • There is considerable merit in using this kind of approach. the relative/comparative merits of something (= the good qualities of something as compared to something else ) • She is an expert in the relative merits of spa waters.

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