Mine Meaning
/maɪ̯n/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
pronThat or those belonging to me.
pronThat or those belonging to me., Used predicatively.
Sentence Examples
These things aren't mine!
Your situation is analogous to mine.
The engine is used for pumping water out of the mine.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The workers dug deep into the earth to find the gold ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The old gold ____ was closed many years ago after it became too dangerous for the local workers to enter safely.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English min, myn, from Old English mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos. Cognate with Saterland Frisian mien, West Frisian myn, Dutch mijn, Low German mien, German mein, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish min, Faroese and Icelandic mín.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Ah, but how beautiful (my baby boy) is! And he is mine, mine for ever. Even if he hates me he will be mine. He cannot help it, he is made out of me; I am his father."
— 1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread, chapter 7
"Well, then, fix it up nice, waiter, and make mine baked hash an’ mashed ’taters and stewed corn and waiter!—plain white bread, no fancy rolls!"
— 1936 December 23, Hazel Livingston, “‘Love’s Litany’”, in Walter V. Hogan, editor, The Daily Reporter, volume XX, number 53, White Plains, N.Y.: White Plains Publishing Company, →OCLC, chapter IX, page 18, column 4:
"[…] Flesh and blood, / You, brother mine, that entertain'd ambition, / […]"
— 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
"Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: / […]"
— 1862 February, Julia Ward Howe, “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume IX, number LII, page 10:
"To those seeking information about train services on the Continent, Cook's Continental Guide is always a mine of accurate information."
— 1962 December, “Beyond the Channel: U.S.S.R.: Train speeds still rising”, in Modern Railways, page 418:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The workers dug deep into the earth to find the gold ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The old gold ____ was closed many years ago after it became too dangerous for the local workers to enter safely.