mere

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative

merer

Superlative

merest

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

meres

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

mere

past (v2)

mered

past participle (v3)

mered

present participle

mering

3rd person singular

meres

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 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.
   • Ah..my sister wishes to see you. A mere child. She never wants to have lunch with her dear sister, but I guess that's not your problem.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.Boundary, limit; a boundary-marker; boundary-line.

   • The Troian Brute did first that Citie found, / And Hygate made the meare thereof by West, / And Ouert gate by North: that is the bound / Toward the land; two riuers bound the rest.

2. 2.A Maori war-club.

   • As Owen prepared to dismiss the matter, Rule produced something that really caught the great man's eye – a greenstone mere, the warclub of the Maori.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To decide upon the position of a boundary; to position it on a map.

   • What chance is there of revising this example of case law to include an exception to the generally cited rule when an administrative boundary has been mered in the past to coincide with a private property boundary?

Overall

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By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Uncommon

Academic

Rare

Literature

Rare

Word family

• merely