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mere |
Grep of noun mere arthromere blastomere cashmere centromere mere meredith merestone meretriciousness metamere sarcomere Overview of noun mere The noun mere has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. mere -- ((British) a small pond of standing water) Overview of adj mere The adj mere has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (22) mere -- (being nothing more than specified; "a mere child") 2. (4) bare, mere, simple -- (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") Antonyms of adj mere 2 senses of mere Sense 1 mere(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA specified) -> unspecified Sense 2 bare(postnominal), mere(postnominal), simple(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA plain) -> fancy Similarity of adj mere 2 senses of mere Sense 1 mere(postnominal) => specified (vs. unspecified) Sense 2 bare(postnominal), mere(postnominal), simple(postnominal) => plain (vs. fancy) Attributes of adj mere Familiarity of adj mere mere used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj mere mere meretricious Overview of noun mere The noun mere has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. mere -- ((British) a small pond of standing water) Overview of adj mere The adj mere has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (22) mere -- (being nothing more than specified; "a mere child") 2. (4) bare, mere, simple -- (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")
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