equal merit

collocation in English

meaningsofequalandmerit

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equal
adjective
uk
/ˈiː.kwəl/us
/ˈiː.kwəl/
the same in amount, number, ...
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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 ofequalandmeritfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofequal merit

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In principle, all women gainequalmeritthrough attendance and study.
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Each explicit capacity contains an implicit capacity ofequalmeritand power.
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Nolan et al. (1996) argue instead for a family-focused ideology of care in which the needs of family carers are considered withequalmeritalongside those of patients.
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Secondly, all the spending commitments in the recovery plans are far from being ofequalmerit.
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Not all his ideas are ofequalmerit.
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Then there can be no substantiation of the claim that they are ofequalmerit?
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Their conduct was ofequalmerit, and so were their awards.
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I find the notion of two candidates of preciselyequalmeritrather fanciful.
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One could never always have people ofequalmerit.
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It was not an easy decision for there were several sculptors apparently ofequalmerit.
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I do not pretend that every case is ofequalmerit.
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Not that all those who have occupied that post have been ofequalmerit, or at least of equal importance.
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We hope that it is the first of many speeches ofequalmeritin the future.
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Does that mean that we regard them as ofequalmerit?
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We cannot readily accept a system in which there is arbitrary discrimination in the treatment given to projects that we see as ofequalmerit.
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Where there isequalmerit, systematic preference must be given to women when filling management posts until a balance is achieved.
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That provision was not extended to other forms of saving which would appear to us to-day to be ofequalmerit.
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I find that a difficult intellectual position to accept, when both objectives appear to be ofequalmerit.
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I am equally sure that his successor will do so withequalmerit.
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