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How to pronounce “merit”

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Pronunciation guide for merit

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of merit with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The Tyranny of the Meritocracy"The Tyranny of the Meritocracy: Democratizing Higher
Definition summary: (countable) A claim to commendation or a reward.

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The Tyranny of the Meritocracy

"The Tyranny of the Meritocracy: Democratizing Higher

[Noun]
(countable) A claim to commendation or a reward.
(countable) A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence.
(countable, uncountable) Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.
(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.
(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.
(countable, obsolete) The quality or state of deserving retribution, whether reward or punishment.
[Verb]
(transitive) To deserve, to earn.
(intransitive) To be deserving or worthy.
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To reward.