Definitions of Mere [ɪər]

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Definition of 'Mere'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (superl.) mere
being nothing more nor better than what is specified:
a mere child.

2.  mere
Obs.

3.  mere
pure.

4.  mere
absolute or unqualified.

5. (n.) mere
a lake or pond.

6.  mere
Obs. the sea.

7. (n.) mere
a boundary or boundary marker.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE(ge)mæmacr;re, c. MD

Definition of 'Mere'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) mere
a small pond of standing water

2. (adj) mere(a)
being nothing more than specified
"a mere child"

3. (adj) bare(a), mere(a), simple(a)
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"

Definition of 'Mere'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) mere
emphasizes how small or unimportant sth or sb is
The house cost them a mere $30,000.

Definition of 'Mere'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Mere
a pool or lake

2. (noun) Mere
a boundary

3. (noun) Mere
a mare

4. Mere
unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified

5. Mere
only this, and nothing else; such, and no more; simple; bare; as, a mere boy; a mere form

6. (verb) Mere
to divide, limit, or bound

Translation of 'Mere'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: no more than or no better than a mere child; the merest suggestion of criticism.
Afrikaans: maar net	Arabic: مُجَردَ	Bulgarian: обикновен
Brazilian: simples	Czech: pouhý, prostý	German: bloß, rein
Danish: blot (et barn); mindste	Greek: απλός, μόνος, σκέτος	Spanish: simple, mero
Estonian: ei miski muu kui, pelk	Farsi: محض	Finnish: pelkkä
French: simple	Hebrew: רַק	Hindi: केवल
Croatian: puk,čist	Hungarian: puszta, merő, egyszerű	Indonesian: hanya
Icelandic: sem er ekkert meira en	Italian: semplice, solo	Japanese: ほんの
Korean: 단지 ...에 불과한	Lithuanian: paprastas, tikras	Latvian: tīrais; niecīgākais
Malay: cuma	Dutch: niet meer dan	Norwegian: bare, ren (og skjær), sim
Polish: zwykły	Persian: به كلى، محض	Pashto: كټ مټ، بلكل
Portuguese: simples	Romanian: numai, doar	Russian: не более чем
Slovak: číry; obyčajný	Slovenian: sam	Serbian: ništa do
Swedish: blott, ren, bara	Thai: เพียงเท่านั้น	Turkish: sadece
Taiwanese: 僅僅，只不過	Ukrainian: сущий, справжній	Urdu: محض
Vietnamese: chỉ là	Chinese: 仅仅的
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