meritorious

  • 31Meritorious Service Medal (China) — This article is about the medal awarded in the People s Republic of China. For similarly named decorations, see Meritorious Service Medal (disambiguation). First Class …

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  • 32Meritorious Service Medal (Vietnam) — Service versions of the Vietnam M.S.M. The Vietnam Meritorious Service Medal was a military decoration of South Vietnam that was issued between the years of 1950 and 1974. Each of the three Vietnamese military services issued its own version of… …

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  • 33meritorious condition — See condition meritorious …

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  • 34meritorious — adjective Date: 15th century deserving of honor or esteem • meritoriously adverb • meritoriousness noun …

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  • 35meritorious — Synonyms and related words: admirable, ascribable, attributable, beyond all praise, commendable, creditable, deserving, due, entitled to, esteemed, estimable, excellent, exemplary, held in esteem, highly esteemed, highly regarded, highly reputed …

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  • 36meritorious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. praiseworthy, exemplary, commendable, honorable; see noble 1 , 2 , worthy . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. praiseworthy, commendable, honorable, good, worthy, admirable, laudable, deserving, exemplary, noble. ANT.:… …

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  • 37meritorious — mer|i|to|ri|ous [ˌmerıˈto:riəs] adj formal very good and deserving praise …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 38meritorious — mer|i|to|ri|ous [ ,merı tɔriəs ] adjective VERY FORMAL deserving admiration and praise …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 39meritorious — mer·i·to·ri·ous || ‚merɪ tɔːrɪəs adj. deserving praise, excellent, outstanding, worthy …

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  • 40meritorious — [ˌmɛrɪ tɔ:rɪəs] adjective 1》 deserving reward or praise. 2》 Law, chiefly N. Amer. (of an action) likely to succeed on the merits of the case. Derivatives meritoriously adverb meritoriousness noun Origin ME: from late L. meritorius (from merit ,… …

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