meriting
- 1Present participle and gerund of merit.
An essay meriting publication needs both originality and rigor.
The jury singled out a performance meriting special praise.
Note
A form that does most of its work right after a noun: an essay meriting publication, a case meriting review. Deserving is a state rather than an action, so progressive tenses are rare, and 'the plan merits attention' sounds more natural than 'the plan is meriting attention'. It can even be compared like an adjective (more meriting, most meriting). An obsolete use of merit meant 'to reward', so older texts sometimes run it the other way round.
meriting is a form of merit
merit, verb: To deserve or earn something through one's qualities or actions. Full entry
- Spelling
- merit → meriting: add -ing
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