No. 10,740 in French

mérités

"Deserved."

In a sentence

Les récompenses étaient bien méritées par les élèves.
The rewards were well deserved by the students.
Here, 'méritées' is used as a past participle of the verb 'mériter', meaning 'to deserve'. It agrees in gender and number with the subject 'les récompenses'.
Il a reçu des félicitations méritées pour son travail acharné.
He received well-deserved congratulations for his hard work.
'Méritées' here serves as an adjective modifying 'félicitations', again showing agreement in gender and number.
Son succès est mérité après tous ses efforts.
His success is deserved after all his efforts.
In this sentence, 'mérité' is singular masculine matching 'succès', acting as a past participle functioning adjectivally.

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