Dictionary entry
Merit
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛrɪt/
Pronunciation
/ˈmɛrɪt/
Myanmar Meaning
(n) ကုသိုလ်
Definition
merit /'merÇt / n ၁။ [U] ေကာင္းျမတ္ျခင္း။ ေကာင္းမႈ ကုသိုလ္။ ေကာင္းက်ဳိး။ အက်ဳိး။ အရည္အခ်င္း။ ေတာ္ျခင္း။ a painter/ painting of real merit ❍ The plan is entirely without merit ❍ The team will be picked solely on merit. ❍ She finished the season high in the order of merit. ❍ She was awarded a certificate of merit for her piano-playing. ၂။ [C often pl ] အရည္အေသြး။ အဆိုးအေကာင္း။ The merits of the scheme are quite obvious. ❍ This meal has the merit of simplicity/of being easy to cook. ❍ judge each case on its (own) merits (ie considering its particular nature or features, regardless of general circumstances or one's personal feelings). v ( fml ) ထိုက္သည္။ တန္သည္။ merit praise/punishment/reward ❍ Her suggestion merits consideration.
Examples
- I can see very little merit in this approach.
- [merit of] : Viktor and Katya were arguing the merits of independence as I sat down.
- Attention to detail is one of the great merits of the book.
- He’s not a great writer
- though his work does have some literary merit.
- The argument isn’t without merit.
- [be of merit] : Their ideas are of some merit but there are better ways.