(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If something has ~, it has good or worthwhile qualities.
The argument seemed to have considerable ~...
Box-office success mattered more than artistic ~...
N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp
2.
The ~s of something are its advantages or other good points.
...the technical ~s of a film...
N-PLURAL: usu with poss
3.
If someone or something ~s a particular action or treatment, they deserve it. (FORMAL)
He said he had done nothing wrong to ~ a criminal investigation...
= deserve
VERB: V n
4.
If you judge something or someone on ~ or on their ~s, your judgment is based on what you notice when you consider them, rather than on things that you know about them from other sources.
Everybody is selected on ~...
Each case is judged on its ~s.
PHRASE: PHR after v