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Adjective
/mi(ə)r/,
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That is solely or no more or better than what is specified,
  1. That is solely or no more or better than what is specified
    • - it happened a mere decade ago
    • - questions that cannot be answered by mere mortals
  2. The smallest or slightest
    • - the merest hint of makeup
Noun
  1. A lake, pond, or arm of the sea

  1. mere(a): being nothing more than specified; "a mere child"
  2. a small pond of standing water
  3. bare(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"
  4. (merely) and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment"
  5. Meré is a village (and also a parroquia) in the concejo of Llanes, in Asturias. Its population in 2004 was 175, in 84 dwellings .
  6. Mere in British English refers to a lake that is broad in relation to its depth, e.g. Martin Mere. A significant effect of its shallow depth is that for all or most of the time, it has no thermocline.
  7. Mere is the first live album by Norwegian rock band deLillos.
  8. A mere (pronounced like "mehreh") is a traditional hand weapon of the Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand.
  9. (Meres (star)) Beta Boötis (β Boo / β Boötis) is a variable star in the constellation Boötes.
  10. the sea; a pool; a small lake or pond; marsh; To limit; bound; divide or cause division in; To set divisions and bounds; famous
  11. (merely) [Obs.] absolutely; altogether; here, it means that they are completely cheated of their lives by drunkards.
  12. (Meres) (Days–diaries) (7 vols., published post-mortem, 1975-1990)
  13. a short weapon usually made of whalebone, wood or greenstone
  14. [from Greek meros share, portion, part] Portion or segment of the type indicated by the root or prefix (centromere).
  15. friends are we,—well, friends the merest.
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  17. A mere is another word for a lake or pool. You can still see this word in place-names today - for example, Lake Windemere in the Lake District.
  18. noun - 1. a small lake, pond, or marsh 2. [archaic] a boundary (N.B. in addition to the common adjectival form)
  19. Sea, ocean. Linguists suggest that mere could be a loan word belonging to speakers of a pre-Finno-Ugric and pre-Indo-European language of the Kunda Culture, hunter-gatherers of the period 8000–5000 BCE.
  20. no more and no less than specified
  21. War club, usually of greenstone.
  22. A pool or boundary stream
  23. Pure, complete or unmixed
  24. Christianity is widely admired and influential across a spectrum of trinitarian Christians, which may attest to the author's success in accomplishing the aim of restating theology in a way that avoids many controversies.