Hyphenation of merit

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word merit? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

mer-it

Definitions of merit:

1.	Any admirable quality or attribute Work of great merit
2.	The quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance) There were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded
3.	Be worthy or deserving You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done

Synonyms of merit:

noun	virtue, worth
noun	deservingness, meritoriousness, worthiness
verb	deserve, be

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.