Meaning

3 senses
  1. Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected.

    The mere thought of pineapple on pizza makes me want to throw up.

    The mere suggestion that the queen’s brother tried to kill your boy would be considered treason.

    bloß

    просто́йprostój, не бо́лее чемne bóleje čem

    прости́йprostýj, лише́lyšé

  2. (obsolete)Pure, unalloyed .

  3. (obsolete)Nothing less than; complete, downright .

    being nothing more than specified

Examples

146 sentences
  1. It's a mere drop in the ocean.

    Це просто крапля в морі. — deniko

    ruЭто всего лишь капля в море. — marafon

    deDas ist nur ein Tropfen auf den heißen Stein. — list

  2. A home is more than a mere building.

    Дім - це більше, ніж просто будівля. — deniko

    ruДом — нечто большее, чем просто здание. — odexed

    deEin Haus ist mehr als nur ein Gebäude. — mayabe

  3. Tom is a mere child.

    Том просто дитина. — deniko

    ruТом просто ребёнок. — marafon

    deTom ist bloß ein Kind. — wolfgangth

  4. You're no longer a mere child.

    deDu bist kein Kind mehr. — Wolf

  5. This may be a mere coincidence.

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
just, only; no more than:
Русский
By meaning 1
just, only; no more than:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
just, only; no more than:

Origin

From Middle English mere, mer, from Anglo-Norman meer, from Old French mier, from Latin me

From Middle English mere, mer, from Anglo-Norman meer, from Old French mier, from Latin merus (“pure, unmixed, undiluted”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to sparkle, gleam”).

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Forms

merer, merest
Comparativemerer Lesson
Superlativemerest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

68 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words
RelatedmerelyB1

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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