merit

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmɛɹɪt/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 ジャイナ教 廃用

a good quality that makes someone or something worth choosing

日本語の意味

利点 / 長所 / 価値 / 取り柄 / 選ぶに値する優れた点

英語の意味

a good quality that makes someone or something worth choosing

ミャンマー語（ビルマ語）

ရွေးချယ်ထိုက်စေသော အရည်အသွေးကောင်း / ကောင်းကျိုး; အားသာချက် / တန်ဖိုးရှိမှု

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He received a merit from the committee for his innovative design.

彼はその革新的な設計に対して委員会から表彰を受けた。

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意味（1）

(countable) A claim to commendation or a reward.

[R]eputation is an idle and moſt falſe impoſition , oft got without merit and loſt without deſeruing.

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意味（2）

(countable) A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence.

For her good performance in the examination, her teacher gave her ten merits.

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意味（3）

(countable, uncountable) Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.

His reward for his merit was a check for $50.

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意味（4）

(uncountable, Buddhism, Jainism) 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

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意味（5）

(uncountable, law) 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.

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意味（6）

(countable, obsolete) The quality or state of deserving retribution, whether reward or punishment.

Be it known, that we the greateſt are mis-thoght / For things that others do : and when we fall, / We anſwer others merits, in our name / Are therefore to be pittied.

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merits （ plural ）