mine

About 36.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. pronoun That or those belonging to me. Used predicatively.

   The house itself is mine, but the land is not.

2. pronoun Used predicatively.

   The house itself is mine, but the land is not.

3. pronoun Used substantively, with an implied noun.

   Mine has been a long journey.

4. pronoun Used absolutely, set off from the sentence.

   Mine for only a week so far, it already feels like an old friend.

5. pronoun My house or home.

   We had the party at mine.

6. pronoun As double possessive.

   This house of mine is over 100 years old.

7. determiner My; belonging to me. Used attributively after the noun it modifies. Used attributively before a vowel.
8. determiner Used attributively after the noun it modifies.

Similar words

colliery quarry coalmine excavation coal drainage canyon ore pit gold

Often followed by

and is in was to of own workers eyes

Word family

coal mine coal mines copper mine copper mines gold mine gold mines mine of information mined miner miners