Collocations for "merest"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "merest" in context.

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mere

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
adj
  1. (just) a mere [child, baby, puppy, kitten]
  2. (at) the mere thought (of)
  3. a mere [two] (minutes)
  4. takes a mere [five] [minutes, hours]
  5. had been waiting a mere [five seconds] (when)
  6. (only) a mere [hour] later
  7. a mere [50] [people, guests, fans, participants]
  8. a mere [50] [came, turned up, were present]
  9. [costs, gets paid] a mere [$50]
  10. just her mere presence [made, provided, meant]
  11. the mere fact that
  12. at the mere mention of (his name)
  13. [it, the game, their progress] was a mere formality
  14. (that) is mere speculation
  15. it was no mere accident (that)
  16. [beaten, upstaged, outdone] by a mere child
  17. us mere mortals
n
  1. UK, literary: the stream [leads, widens, flows] into a mere
  2. UK: go for a [run, jog, walk] along the mere
  3. UK: have a picnic by the mere
'merest' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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