Definitions for Mere
mɪərmere

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mereadjective

   a small pond of standing water

2. mere(a)adjective

   being nothing more than specified

   "a mere child"

3. bare(a), mere(a), simple(a)adjective

   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"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mere or mer

   whether in the beginning, middle, or end, always signify the same with the Saxon mere, a pool or lake. Edmund Gibson Camden.

2. Mereadjective

   That or this only; such and nothing else; this only.

   Etymology: merus, Latin.

   This avarice
   Strikes deeper, grows with more pernicious root
   Than Summer-teeming lust; and it hath been
   The sword of our slain kings: yet do not fear,
   Scotland hath foisons to fill up your will
   Of your mere own. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   I have engag’d myself to a dear friend,
   Engag’d my friend to his mere enemy,
   To feed my means. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

   The mere Irish were not admitted to the benefit of the laws of England, until they had purchased charters of denization. John Davies, on Ireland.

   From mere success nothing can be concluded in favour of any nation upon whom it is bestowed. Francis Atterbury.

   What if the head, the eye, or ear repin’d,
   To serve mere engines to the ruling mind. Alexander Pope.

   Let Eastern tyrants from the light of heav’n
   Seclude their bosom slaves, meanly possess’d
   Of a mere, lifeless, violated form. James Thomson, Spring.

3. Merenoun

   Etymology: mere , Saxon.

   1. A pool; commonly a large pool or lake: as, Winander mere.

   I may say nothing of meres stored both with fish and fowl. William Camden, Remains.

   2. A boundary.

   The mislayer of a mere-stone is to blame: but it is the unjust judge that is the capital remover of land-marks, who defineth amiss of lands. Francis Bacon.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mère

   Mère (the French language word for mother) is an honorary title given to talented female professional cooks, many of whom had no formal training, in France during the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Between 1759 and the end of the 20th century multiple women have been called Mère. Their work turned the city of Lyon and its environs into the gastronomic center of France and the world, and the most famous of them, Mère Brazier, is regarded as "the mother of modern French cooking".

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1. Mere

   Mere is an adjective that means something that is considered insignificant, minimal, or lacking in substance or importance. It suggests something that is of little consequence or value, often used to downplay or diminish the significance of a particular thing or action.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.2 / 5 votes

1. Merenoun

   a pool or lake

2. Merenoun

   a boundary

3. Mereverb

   to divide, limit, or bound

4. Merenoun

   a mare

5. Mere

   unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified

6. Mere

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

7. Etymology: [Written also meer and mear.]

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1. Mere

   Mere is a small town in Wiltshire, England. It lies at the extreme southwestern tip of Salisbury Plain close to the borders of Somerset and Dorset. There is an old market square, a chiming town clock and a large 15th century parish church of St Michael the Archangel, along with St Mary's Catholic church and also Methodist and United Reformed churches. The number of shops has halved since the A303 bypass road was opened in 1976. The steep slope of Castle Hill rises from the northwestern side of Mere. Castle Hill was the site of a relatively large castle, built in the mid-13th century by the lord of the manor, Richard, Earl of Cornwall. The castle fell into disrepair in the 15th century and its stone is said to have been used to build local houses. The Duchy of Cornwall still owns large amounts of land in the area. Local industry and commerce includes the Hill Brush company, large wholesale plant nurseries and the notable Yapp's wine merchants. St Michael the Archangel is unusual, in that it has 10 misericords; those on the south side of the choir, date from the 15th century, whilst those on the north side are early 20th century.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mere

   mēr, n. a pool or lake.—Also Meer. [A.S. mere; Ger. and Dut. meer, L. mare, the sea.]

2. Mere

   mēr, adj. unmixed: pure: only this and nothing else: alone: absolute.—adj. Mered (Shak.), only, entire.—adv. Mere′ly, purely, simply: only: thus and no other way: solely. [L. merus, unmixed (of wine).]

3. Mere

   mēr, n. a boundary.—v.t. to limit or bound.—ns. Mere′stead, the land within the boundaries of a farm: Mere′stone, a stone which marks a boundary. [A.S. ge-mǽre.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mere

   An Anglo-Saxon word still in use, sometimes meaning a lake, and generally the sea itself.

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1. mere

   Quotes by mere -- Explore a large variety of famous quotes made by mere on the Quotes.net website.

2. MERE

   What does MERE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the MERE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MERE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mere is ranked #53316 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Mere surname appeared 388 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Mere.
   
   57.2% or 222 total occurrences were White.
   25.5% or 99 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   14.4% or 56 total occurrences were Black.
   1.8% or 7 total occurrences were Asian.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Mere' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2920

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Mere' in Adjectives Frequency: #391

Anagrams for Mere »

1. reem

How to pronounce Mere?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Mere in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Mere in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Mere in a Sentence

1. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson:

   Throughout this period of the next two months we will be driven not by mere hope or economic necessity. We are going to be driven by the science, the data and public health, we will be monitoring our progress locally, regionally, and nationally and if there are outbreaks, if there are problems, we will not hesitate to put on the brakes.

2. William Butler Yeats:

   Things fall apart the center cannot hold Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.

3. Serena Williams:

   It has been difficult for me to forget spending hours crying in the Indian Wells locker room after winning in 2001, driving back to Los Angeles feeling as if I had lost the biggest game ever -- not a mere tennis game but a bigger fight for equality, emotionally it seemed easier to stay away.

4. Hazlitt:

   We have more faith in a well-written romance while we are reading it than in common history. The vividness of the representations in the one case more than counterbalances the mere knowledge of the truth of facts in the other.

5. Émile Durkheim:

   Sadness does not inhere in things; it does not reach us from the world and through mere contemplation of the world. It is a product of our own thought. We create it out of whole cloth.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Mere
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Mere
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mere
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Mere
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Mere
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Mere
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html