considerable merit

collocation in English

meaningsofconsiderableandmerit

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considerable
adjective
uk
/kənˈsɪd.ər.ə.bəl/us
/kənˈsɪd.ɚ.ə.bəl/
large or of ...
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merit
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈmer.ɪt/us
/ˈmer.ɪt/
formal
the quality of being good and ...
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(Definition ofconsiderableandmeritfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconsiderable merit

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A cash payment to the care provider has, at face value,considerablemerit.
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The present study has theconsiderablemeritof recognizing the paradoxical nature of cerarnics as an artefact category.
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The discussion elaborates the view that there isconsiderablemeritin considering the broader social implications of these results.
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Others might well make decisions different from ours, decisions that might haveconsiderablemerit.
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This approach hasconsiderablemeritfor application to the present case of anisotropic wall compliance.
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This is a comparative study ofconsiderablemerit.
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Doolittle's writings have theconsiderablemeritof telling us what he saw without too much interpretation.
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If governments implement efficient first-best policy and if they do not act strategically with one another, then the case for separating trade and environmental policy hasconsiderablemerit.
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Such a blinkered approach hasconsiderablemerit, for it neatly captures the fact that cooperation is possible even in the face of considerable disagreement about facts and values.
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Whilst every outbreak will display its own unique characteristics there isconsiderablemeritin examining past outbreaks in order to learn important general lessons for the future.
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I can seeconsiderablemeritin his view.
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I do not propose to follow his line of argument, but it seems to me that what he said hadconsiderablemerit.
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There isconsiderablemeritin having someone able to serve at the place where he works.
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Clauses 1 and 2 are desirable and ofconsiderablemerit.
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The argument is simple and one in which another place seesconsiderablemerit.
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It is a measure of the inventiveness of the board's scientists and engineers that not one but two processes ofconsiderablemerithave emerged.
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In my view, there are a number of amendments which haveconsiderablemerit.
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The shipping industry is deserving and worthy of support, and the new clause hasconsiderablemerit.
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There may beconsiderablemeritin including housing enforcement.
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We believe that there isconsiderablemeritin these contracts.
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