How to pronounce mere
Listen to mere in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“mere” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 224 American · 308 British · 16 Australian · 14 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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a mere biological accident.
Oxford Union · hear it here
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beauty of stars mere Globs of gas atoms nothing is mere I too see
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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on the mere exposure effect.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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based on their mere speculation
Live On-Air Politics · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of mere. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.