mere

Definition of Mere in English :

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Noun

1. mere

a small pond of standing water

Adjective

2. mere

being nothing more than specified

Example Sentences:
'a mere child'

3. bare, mere, simple

apart from anything else; without additions or modifications

Example Sentences:
'only the bare facts'
'shocked by the mere idea'
'the simple passage of time was enough'
'the simple truth'

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simple

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Mere

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adjectiveWord forms: superlative merest

being nothing more than something specified

she is a mere child

noun

1. archaic or dialect

a lake or marsh

2. obsolete

the sea or an inlet of it

noun

archaic

a boundary or boundary marker

noun

New Zealand

a short flat striking weapon

Mere

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈmerest

1.

nothing more or other than; only (as said to be)

a mere boy

2. Obsolete

unmixed; pure

3. Obsolete

absolute; downright

noun

1. OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic

a lake or pond

2. British, Dialectal

a marsh

3. Obsolete

a.

the sea

b.

an arm of the sea

noun

Chiefly British, Dialectal

a boundary

Mere

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adj. Superlative mer·est

1. Being nothing more than what is specified: a mere child; a mere 50 cents an hour.

2. Considered apart from anything else: shocked by the mere idea.

3. Small; slight: could detect only the merest whisper.

4. Obsolete Pure; unadulterated.

n.

A small lake, pond, or marsh: "Sometimes on lonely mountain meres / I find a magic bark" (Tennyson).

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Part; segment: blastomere.

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