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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: merit (0.00892 detik)
Found 4 items, similar to merit.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: merit
pantas
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: merit
kebaikan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: merit
merit
v : be worthy or deserving;
“You deserve a promotion after all
the hard work you have done” [syn:
deserve]
merit
n 1: any admirable quality or attribute;
“work of great merit”
[syn:
virtue] [ant:
demerit]
2: the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance);
“there were many children whose deservingness he
recognized and rewarded” [syn:
deservingness,
meritoriousness]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Merit
Merit
\Mer"it\, n. [F. m['e]rite, L. meritum, fr. merere,
mereri, to deserve, merit; prob. originally, to get a share;
akin to Gr. ? part, ? fate, doom, ? to receive as one's
portion. Cf.
Market,
Merchant,
Mercer,
Mercy.]
1. The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.
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Here may men see how sin hath his merit. --Chaucer.
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Be it known, that we, the greatest, are misthought
For things that others do; and when we fall,
We answer other's merits in our name. --Shak.
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2. Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving
well; worth; excellence.
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Reputation is . . . oft got without merit, and lost
without deserving. --Shak.
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To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known,
And every author's merit, but his own. --Pope.
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3. Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or
approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits.
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Those laurel groves, the merits of thy youth.
--Prior.
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Merit
\Mer"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Merited; p. pr. & vb. n.
Meriting.] [F. m['e]riter, L. meritare, v. intens. fr.
merere. See
Merit, n.]
1. To earn by service or performance; to have a right to
claim as reward; to deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a
bad sense; as, to merit punishment.
“This kindness merits
thanks.” --Shak.
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2. To reward. [R. & Obs.] --Chapman.
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Merit
\Mer"it\, v. i.
To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to
profit. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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