{
  "pronunciations": {
    "phonetic": "\u02c8m\u025br\u0259t",
    "listenurl": "/var/www/html/blab/mp3/dic/merit.mp3",
    "transkor": "\uc7a5\uc810"
  },
  "meansorg": [
    {
      "type": "Noun",
      "etymologies": "Middle English (originally in the sense \u2018deserved reward or punishment\u2019): via Old French from Latin meritum \u2018due reward\u2019, from mereri \u2018earn, deserve\u2019",
      "definitions": "the quality of being particularly good or worthy, especially so as to deserve praise or reward",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "excellence"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "goodness"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "standard"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "quality"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "level"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "grade"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "high quality"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "calibre"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "worth"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "good"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "credit"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "eminence"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "worthiness"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "value"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "virtue"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "distinction"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "account"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "deservingness"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "meritoriousness"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        "composers of outstanding merit"
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "Verb",
      "etymologies": "",
      "definitions": "deserve or be worthy of (something, especially reward, punishment, or attention)",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "deserve"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "earn"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "be deserving of"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "warrant"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "rate"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "justify"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "be worthy of"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "be worth"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "be entitled to"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "have a right to"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "have a claim on"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "have a claim to"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "be qualified for"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        "the results have been encouraging enough to merit further investigation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "meanskor": [
    {
      "type": "\uba85\uc0ac",
      "etymologies": "\uc911\uc138 \uc601\uc5b4(\uc6d0\ub798 '\ubcf4\uc0c1 \ub610\ub294 \ubc8c\uc744 \ubc1b\uc744 \uc790\uaca9\uc774 \uc788\ub2e4'\ub294 \uc758\ubbf8\uc5d0\uc11c): \ub77c\ud2f4\uc5b4 \ub2a5\ub825\uc5d0\uc11c \ub098\uc628 '\uc815\ub2f9\ud55c \ubcf4\uc0c1'\uc5d0\uc11c \ub098\uc628 \uace0\ub300 \ud504\ub791\uc2a4\uc5b4\ub97c \ud1b5\ud574, \ub2e8\uc21c\ud55c '\uc18c\ub4dd'\uc5d0\uc11c \ub098\uc628, \ubc1b\uc744 \uc790\uaca9\uc774 \uc788\ub2e4.",
      "definitions": "\ud2b9\ud788 \uce6d\ucc2c\uc774\ub098 \ubcf4\uc0c1\uc744 \ubc1b\uc744 \uc790\uaca9\uc774 \uc788\ub294, \ud2b9\ud788 \ud6cc\ub96d\ud558\uac70\ub098 \uac00\uce58 \uc788\ub294 \uc131\uc9c8.",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "excellence"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "goodness"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "standard"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "quality"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "level"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "grade"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "high quality"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "calibre"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "worth"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "good"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "credit"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "eminence"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "worthiness"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "value"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "virtue"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "distinction"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "account"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "deservingness"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "meritoriousness"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        "\ud0c1\uc6d4\ud55c \uacf5\ub85c\ub97c \uc9c0\ub2cc \uc791\uace1\uac00."
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "\ub3d9\uc0ac",
      "etymologies": "",
      "definitions": "(\ud2b9\ud788 \ubcf4\uc0c1, \ucc98\ubc8c \ub610\ub294 \uad00\uc2ec\uc744) \ubc1b\uc744 \uc790\uaca9\uc774 \uc788\uac70\ub098 \uadf8\ub7f4 \uac00\uce58\uac00 \uc788\ub2e4.",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "deserve"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "earn"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "be deserving of"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "warrant"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "rate"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "justify"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "be worthy of"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "be worth"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "be entitled to"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "have a right to"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "have a claim on"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "have a claim to"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "be qualified for"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        "\uadf8 \uacb0\uacfc\ub294 \ucd94\uac00\uc801\uc778 \uc870\uc0ac\ub97c \ubc1b\uc744 \uac00\uce58\uac00 \uc788\uc744 \ub9cc\ud07c \ucda9\ubd84\ud788 \uace0\ubb34\uc801\uc774\uc5c8\ub2e4."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "allphrases": [
    "judge something on its merits"
  ],
  "arrphraseskor": [
    "\uc5b4\ub5a4 \uac83\uc744 \uadf8 \uc7a5\uc810\uc5d0 \ub530\ub77c \ud310\ub2e8\ud558\ub2e4"
  ]
}