1 If something merits a particular treatment, it deserves or is considered important enough to be treated in that way: --
2 the quality of being good and deserving praise, or a good quality: --
3 to deserve something: --
These recommendations merit careful attention.
4 the quality of being good and deserving to be praised or rewarded, or an advantage that something has: --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.