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mere
1[ meer ]
adjective
- being nothing more nor better than:
a mere pittance;
He is still a mere child.
- Obsolete.
- pure and unmixed, as wine, a people, or a language.
- fully as much as what is specified; completely fulfilled or developed; absolute.
mere
2[ meer ]
noun
- Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Obsolete. any body of sea water.
mere
3[ meer ]
noun
- a boundary or boundary marker.
è
4[ mer; English mair ]
noun
-mere
5- a combining form meaning “part,” used in the formation of compound words:
blastomere.
-mere
1combining form
- indicating a part or division
blastomere
mere
2/ ɪə /
adjective
- being nothing more than something specified
she is a mere child
mere
3/ ɪə /
noun
- archaic.a lake or marsh
- obsolete.the sea or an inlet of it
mere
4/ ɪə /
noun
- archaic.a boundary or boundary marker
mere
5/ ˈɛɪ /
noun
- a short flat striking weapon
–m
- A suffix meaning “part” or “segment,” as in blastomere, one of the cells that form a blastula.
Derived Forms
- -meric, combining_form:in_adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of mere1
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Origin of mere3
Origin of mere4
Word History and Origins
Origin of mere1
Origin of mere2
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Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The EU's Court of Justice said the scheme "amounts to rendering the acquisition of nationality a mere commercial transaction".
As it turned out, this was a mere prelude for a far more traumatic incident in her life.
There was also the small matter of the controversy of the low blow as Dubois was mere centimetres away from knocking down Usyk and perhaps finishing the fight.
"The RSF's actions transcend mere criminality," he wrote in a piece shared by his organisation.
Francis — a pastor, pope, prophet, and friend who “smelled like his sheep” — taught us through example that working for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy.
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