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merit

/ˈmɛɹɪt/ verbo C2

En español: meritar, ameritar

  1. To deserve, to earn. (transitive) · Her performance merited wild applause.
  2. To be deserving or worthy. (intransitive) · They were punished as they merited.

Plural merit · He/she/it merits · Pasado merited · Participio pasado merited · Forma en -ing meriting

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He/she/it
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Pasado
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Participio pasado
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Forma en -ing
meriting

De la biblioteca

That bell that you carry is not, believe me, any order of merit, but on the contrary a mark of disgrace, a public notice to all men to avoid you as an ill mannered dog.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 20 · B2
Seventeen months’ captivity to a sailor accustomed to the boundless ocean, is a worse punishment than human crime ever merited.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 131 · C1
My friend was an enthusiastic musician, being himself not only a very capable performer but a composer of no ordinary merit.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 21 · B2
I can only claim the merit that I instantly reconsidered my position when, however, it became clear to me that whatever danger threatened an occupant of the room could not come either from the window or the door.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 69 · B2

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