mere

mere ¹  (mîr)

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.

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[Middle English, absolute, pure, from Old French mier, pure, from Latin merus.]

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mere ²  (mîr)

n.

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

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[Middle English, from Old English; see mori- in Indo-European roots.]

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mere ³  (mîr)

n. Archaic

A boundary.

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[Middle English, from Old English mre.]

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mere ¹

Adjective

nothing more than: the election in Slovenia seems a mere formality [Latin merus pure]

merely adv

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mere ²

Noun

Brit dialect or archaic a lake [Old English: sea, lake]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mere - a small pond of standing water       Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom pond, pool - a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing"
Adj.	1.	mere - being nothing more than specified; "a mere child" specified - clearly and explicitly stated; "meals are at specified times"
	2.	mere - apart from anything else; without additions or modifications; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth" simple, bare plain - not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"

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mere

adjective 1. simple, merely, no more than, nothing more than, just, common, plain, pure, pure and simple, unadulterated, unmitigated, unmixed

adjective 2. bare, slender, trifling, meagre, just, only, basic, no more than, minimal, scant, paltry, skimpy, scanty

Translations

mere [mɪəʳ] adj → simple, mero

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mere [mɪəʳ] adj → simple; [chance] → pur(e);

a mere two hours → seulement deux heures

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mere [mɪəʳ] adj → bloß;

his mere presence irritates her → schon or allein seine Anwesenheit ärgert sie;

she is a mere child → sie ist noch ein Kind;

it's a mere trifle → es ist eine Lappalie;

by mere chance → rein durch Zufall

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mere [mɪəʳ] adj → semplice;

by a mere chance → per mero caso

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mere

adj mere [miə]

no more than or no better than a mere child; the merest suggestion of criticism. maar net مُجَردَ обикновен pouhý, prostý blot (et barn); mindste bloß, rein απλός, μόνος, σκέτος simple, mero ei miski muu kui, pelk محض pelkkä simple רַק केवल puk, čist puszta, merő, egyszerű hanya sem er ekkert meira en semplice, solo ほんの ...에 불과한, 그저 ...인 paprastas, tikras tīrais; niecīgākais cuma niet meer dan bare, ren (og skjær), simpel zwykły simples numai, doar не более чем číry; obyčajný sam ništa do blott, ren, bara เพียงเท่านั้น sadece 僅僅的 сущий, справжній محض chỉ là 仅仅的

adv merely

simply or only I was merely asking a question. maar net مُجَرَّدا، فَقَط просто jenom blot; kun bloß απλά, μόνο sólo, meramente ainult تنها ainoastaan seulement רַק केवल इतना ही jedino csupán sekadar einungis solamente 単に 그저, 단지 paprasčiausiai, tiktai tikai; vienīgi cuma alleen maar utelukkende, blott, bare po prostu, jedynie simplesmente pur şi simplu; doar просто, только len samo samo bara, endast อย่างง่าย ๆ sadece 僅僅 тільки, лише صرف đơn thuần 仅仅