how to pronounce merit

/ˈmɛɹət/

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merit is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of merit in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… of reputation by merit which means your …”

meaning of merit

Merit means the quality of being worthy of reward or praise.

merit frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word merit occurs in english on average 8.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics merit can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that merit can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;