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mere

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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.

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

mere 2  (mîr)
n.
A small lake, pond, or marsh: "Sometimes on lonely mountain meres/I find a magic bark" (Tennyson).

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

mere 3  (mîr)
n. Archaic
A boundary.

[Middle English, from Old English mre.]

mere 1
Adjective
nothing more than: the election in Slovenia seems a mere formality [Latin merus pure]
merely adv

mere 2
Noun
Brit dialect or archaic a lake [Old English: sea, lake]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.meremere - 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"
plain - not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"

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] adjsimple, mero

mere [mɪəʳ] adjsimple; [chance] → pur(e);
a mere two hours → seulement deux heures

mere [mɪəʳ] adjbloß;
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

mere [mɪəʳ] adjsemplice;
by a mere chance → per mero caso

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


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