Word a Day
mere
What does mere mean?
mere (adjective): being nothing more than specified.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce mere?
/mɪɹ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does mere come from?
From Middle English mere, mer, from Anglo-Norman meer.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “mere” mean?
concerning all parts of the world
Not quite: that's what global means.
being nothing more than specified
Right! That's what “mere” means.
distant or otherwise inaccessible
Not quite: that's what remote means.
not divided or shared with others
Not quite: that's what exclusive means.
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