"merely" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

merely adverbio

verbo + merely
Kolokacji: 398
merely nod • merely smile • merely try • merely look • merely give • merely serve • merely want • merely use • merely take • ...
merely + adjetivo
Kolokacji: 53
merely curious • content merely • merely human • merely decorative • merely symbolic • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 17
(6) adequate, competent
Kolokacji: 2
(10) annoying, irritating
Kolokacji: 2
(13) physical, mechanical
Kolokacji: 2
(14) clever, stupid
Kolokacji: 2
(15) conjectural, hypothetical
Kolokacji: 2
1. merely conjectural = jedynie oparty na przypuszczeniu merely conjectural
2. merely hypothetical = jedynie hipotetyczny merely hypothetical
  • This process is not merely hypothetical; systems such as Isabelle or Coq are used today to formalize proofs and then check their validity.
  • Hume was a realist in recognizing the role of force to forge the existence of states and that consent of the governed was merely hypothetical.
  • The presence of this subspecies in Fuerteventura is merely hypothetical, as no specimen was ever collected there, nor there are reliable records from that island.
  • Worries about such searches aren't merely hypothetical; laptop searches are happening now (hence the court case) and have been for years.
  • The ill-considered war he urges would require huge sacrifices in scarce economic resources and precious human lives in response to a threat that is merely hypothetical.
  • This advantage is not one that is merely hypothetical, either.
  • The danger is not merely hypothetical.
  • Policy-makers have acted on perceived health risks that are considered merely hypothetical by the scientific establishment.
  • The causes that brought about the downfall of the Old Kingdom are numerous, but some are merely hypothetical.
(16) amusing, grotesque
Kolokacji: 2
(17) derivative, late
Kolokacji: 2

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