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mere

[ meer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

superlative merest.

being nothing more nor better than:
a mere pittance;
He is still a mere child.
Obsolete.
1. pure and unmixed, as wine, a people, or a language.
2. fully as much as what is specified; completely fulfilled or developed; absolute.

mere

[ meer ]

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noun

Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
Obsolete. any body of sea water.

mere

or mear

[ meer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

British Dialect.

a boundary or boundary marker.

尘猫谤别

⁴

[ mer; English mair ]

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noun

French.

plural 尘猫谤别s

mother ¹.

-mere

⁵

a combining form meaning 鈥減art,鈥� used in the formation of compound words:
blastomere.

-mere

combining form

indicating a part or division
blastomere

mere

/ 尘瑟蓹 /

adjective

being nothing more than something specified
she is a mere child

mere

/ 尘瑟蓹 /

noun

archaic.
a lake or marsh
obsolete.
the sea or an inlet of it

mere

⁴

/ 尘瑟蓹 /

noun

archaic.
a boundary or boundary marker

mere

⁵

/ 藞尘蓻谤瑟 /

noun

a short flat striking weapon

鈥搈别谤别

A suffix meaning 鈥減art鈥� or 鈥渟egment,鈥� as in blastomere, one of the cells that form a blastula.

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Derived Forms

-meric, combining_form:in_adjective

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of mere¹

First recorded in 1250鈥�1300; Middle English mer(e) 鈥減ure, clear, unmixed,鈥� from Old French mier, mer, from Latin merus 鈥減ure, unmixed, simple, mere鈥�

Origin of mere²

First recorded before 900; Middle English mere, mer, meire, Old English mer, m忙re 鈥渟ea, ocean, lake, pond, well, cistern,鈥� cognate with German Meer, Old Norse marr, Gothic marei, Old Irish muir, Latin mare

Origin of mere³

First recorded before 900; Middle English mere, mer, merre, Old English m牵re, 驳别尘牵谤别; cognate with Old Norse 尘忙谤颈 鈥渂oundary, border land鈥�; akin to Latin 尘奴谤耻蝉 鈥渄efensive wall, city wall, boundary wall鈥�

Origin of mere⁴

Combining form representing Greek 尘茅谤辞蝉

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of mere¹

from Greek meros part, portion

Origin of mere²

C15: from Latin merus pure, unmixed

Origin of mere³

Old English mere sea, lake; related to Old Saxon meri sea, Old Norse marr, Old High German mari; compare Latin mare

Origin of mere⁴

Old English 驳别尘牵谤别

Origin of mere⁵

惭腻辞谤颈

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Synonym Study

Mere, bare imply a scant sufficiency. They are often interchangeable, but mere frequently means no more than (enough). Bare suggests scarcely as much as (enough). Thus a mere livelihood means enough to live on but no more; a bare livelihood means scarcely enough to live on.

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While they inherit her money 鈥� disappointing at a mere $40,000, much less than expected 鈥� the mansion is given to Elaine.

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The EU's Court of Justice said the scheme "amounts to rendering the acquisition of nationality a mere commercial transaction".

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As it turned out, this was a mere prelude for a far more traumatic incident in her life.

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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.

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"The RSF's actions transcend mere criminality," he wrote in a piece shared by his organisation.

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