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How to pronounce mine
Say it like this: /ˈmaɪn/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does mine mean?
pronThat or those belonging to me.
“These books are mine.”
Used substantively, with an implied noun.
“Mine has been a long journey.”
Used absolutely, set off from the sentence.
“Mine for only a week so far, it already feels like an old friend.”
detMy; belonging to me.
“Beg not for mercy. Behold, blackened sky. Against mine chaos, even gods will die!”
Used attributively after the noun it modifies.
Used attributively before a vowel.
“1930 Winter, Packard Motor Car Company, The Packard Magazine, Volume 9, Number 2, page 6, Mine host, it seemed, did favors for everybody...”
nounAn excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
“Meronyms: mine shaft, mineshaft; mine car”
Any source of wealth or resources.
“She's a mine of information about the history of mathematics.”
A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
“The most famous mine of the American Civil War led to the Battle of the Crater.”
verbTo remove (rock or ore) from the ground.
“Crater of Diamonds State Park is the only place in the world where visitors can mine their own diamonds.”
To dig into, for ore or metal.
To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
“We had to slow our advance after the enemy mined the road ahead of us.”
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