What is the meaning of mere?

noun

  • A small pond of standing water.

adjective

  • Being nothing more than specified.
    • usage: "a mere child"
  • Apart from anything else; without additions or modifications.
    • usage: "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth"
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