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# meritorious

«meritorious» in Mova's school dictionary: **very good or brave** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (meritorious)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Deserving praise or reward because it is very good or brave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meritorious/#m1)

2) (formal, school and army) Used in names of awards, like «Meritorious Service Medal». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meritorious/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A formal word used in the army, police, award ceremonies and stiff exam passages. In school, merit badges and certificates reward meritorious work or behaviour. Phrases: meritorious service, meritorious conduct.

### examples

- The firefighter received an award for meritorious service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meritorious/#x1)
- Her science project was judged meritorious. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meritorious/#x2)
- The soldier's meritorious conduct was praised. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meritorious/#x3)
- The head teacher read out the names of pupils with meritorious work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meritorious/#x4)
- The medal is given for meritorious acts of courage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meritorious/#x5)
- It was a meritorious effort, even though they lost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meritorious/#x6)

### note

Adjective. Formal; in everyday speech say «excellent», «praiseworthy» or «deserving». Pronounced meh-ri-TOR-ee-us. From «merit» (worth, value).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «meritorious» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meritorious/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.