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Meanings of mere in English
Usage of mere in English
1
What hope have we, mere parents, of predicting the future jobs market?
2
However, much of his attack on religion is mere opinion and assertion.
3
The method used by Tews and Beck takes a mere 15 minutes.
4
He takes them to a higher level; a place beyond mere football.
5
But mere speed was, of course, unimportant; the real danger was turbulence.
6
Riley joined the following year after a mere month of drum lessons.
7
It's clear the subject extends beyond a mere professional interest for him.
8
A mere 4 per cent were leaving home three times or more.
9
This dessert is so good that mere words cannot do it justice.
10
Within a mere ten-mile sea front four dioceses reach to the ocean.
11
Ideas have become mere abstractions; the only reality is the infinitely little.
12
Carved on it are a mere four words: 'The Jannids fell here.'
13
Remember, this thing doesn't need much energy for a mere spinning wheel.
14
However, Bill didn't want her seeing him as a mere professional acquaintance.
15
In fact, my adoration for Michael Jeffery Jordan went past mere 'like'.
16
A mere 17 years later, those questions have assumed a turbo-charged piquancy.
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Mere across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
South Africa
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