[mɪə], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- used to emphasize how small or insignificant someone or something is
(e.g: questions that cannot be answered by mere mortals)


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Origin:
late Middle English (in the senses ‘pure’ and ‘sheer, downright’): from Latin merus ‘undiluted’

[mɪə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a lake or pond
(e.g: the stream widens into a mere where hundreds of geese gather)


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Origin:
Old English mere, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch meer ‘lake’ and German Meer ‘sea’, from an Indo-European root shared by Russian more and Latin mare

[ˈmɛri], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a Māori war club, especially one made of greenstone


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Origin:
Māori