How to pronounce merits
Listen to merits in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“merits” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 236 American · 874 British · 21 Australian · 3 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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it merits public interest.
60 Minutes Australia · hear it here
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merits of exercise physiology.
60 Minutes · hear it here
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merits of Scottish independence.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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question, and I think it merits attention, and I think it merits more attention
Census Bureau · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of merits. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.