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merit | superiority |

As a proper noun merit

is .

As a noun superiority is

the state of being superior.

merit

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something deserving positive recognition.
    • His reward for his merit was a check for $50.
  • Something worthy of a high rating.
  • A claim to commendation or reward.
  • The quality of deserving reward.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Reputation is oft got without merit , and lost without deserving.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known, / And every author's merit , but his own.
  • Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation.
    • His teacher gave him ten merits .
  • * Prior
    • those laurel groves, the merits of thy youth
  • (obsolete) The quality or state of deserving either good or bad; desert.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Be it known, that we, the greatest, are misthought / For things that others do; and when we fall, / We answer others' merits in our name.

    Synonyms

    * (l) * (l)

    Antonyms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To earn or to deserve.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited .}}
  • To be worthy or deserving.
  • (obsolete, rare) To reward.
    • (Chapman)

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Related terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

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    superiority

    English

    Alternative forms

    * superiourity (obsolete)

    Noun

    (superiorities)
  • the state of being superior
    • Many colleges want to achieve football superiority.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 15 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Chelsea will point to that victory margin as confirmation of their superiority - but Spurs will complain their hopes of turning the game around were damaged fatally by Atkinson's decision.}}

    Antonyms

    * inferiority