Mine
possessive pronoun
Something that belongs to me.
That book is mine
Often appears as...
- mine is
- that's mine
noun
A place where minerals, such as coal, gold, etc. are dug out of the ground.
My father works in a coal mine
Often appears as...
- coal mine
- gold mine
noun
An explosive device placed under the ground or water and detonates when people or vehicles pass over it.
The area had been cleared of land mines
Often appears as...
- land mine
- step on a mine
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To dig out minerals from the ground.
The company has been mining in the area for many years
Often appears as...
- mining for gold
- strip mining
possessive pronoun
Something that belongs to me.
That book is mine
Often appears as...
- mine is
- that's mine
noun
A place where minerals, such as coal, gold, etc. are dug out of the ground.
My father works in a coal mine
Often appears as...
- coal mine
- gold mine
noun
An explosive device placed under the ground or water and detonates when people or vehicles pass over it.
The area had been cleared of land mines
Often appears as...
- land mine
- step on a mine
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To dig out minerals from the ground.
The company has been mining in the area for many years
Often appears as...
- mining for gold
- strip mining
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Attachment
Used to express a strong personal connection with something.
This necklace is mine, given by my grandmother.
Pro Tip 2/3Exclusive Ownership
Stresses that no one else has a claim to the item.
Keep away, that seat is mine!
Pro Tip 3/3Error Correction
Useful for correcting someone when they mistake ownership.
Actually, that's not yours; it's mine.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Attachment
Used to express a strong personal connection with something.
This necklace is mine, given by my grandmother.
Pro Tip 2/3Exclusive Ownership
Stresses that no one else has a claim to the item.
Keep away, that seat is mine!
Pro Tip 3/3Error Correction
Useful for correcting someone when they mistake ownership.
Actually, that's not yours; it's mine.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Attachment
Used to express a strong personal connection with something.
This necklace is mine, given by my grandmother.
Pro Tip 2/3Exclusive Ownership
Stresses that no one else has a claim to the item.
Keep away, that seat is mine!
Pro Tip 3/3Error Correction
Useful for correcting someone when they mistake ownership.
Actually, that's not yours; it's mine.
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How big is infinity? -...
I'll construct my decimal one place at a time. For the first decimal place of my number, I'll look at the first decimal place of your first number. If it's a one, I'll make mine a two; otherwise I'll make mine a one. For the second place of my number, I'll look at the second place of your second number.
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Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
and that's the free market system. About a year ago, some friends of mine and I started a not-for-profit called Just Capital. Its mission is very to help companies and corporations learn how to operate in a more just fashion by using the public's input
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Where does gold come...
So it would take almost the age of the universe to produce one gram at a cost vastly exceeding the current value of gold. So that's not a very good solution. But if we were to reach a hypothetical point where we'd mined all of the Earth's buried gold,
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Rethinking infidelity...
But even more important, is to curb the curiosity to mine for the sordid details -- Where were you? Where did you do it? How often? Is she better than me in bed? -- questions that only inflict more pain, and keep you awake at night.
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Deadly Killer Whale...
just about the most exciting two minutes of my life look at that they are magnificent i don't want to chase them it's very important that i don't go into their space i let them come into mine but they don't seem to be bothered by us
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Finding Little Owls in...
So adorable. And he's going back in. Who would have thought in an abandoned coal mine, we would have an animal like that. It's clear that the buildings of this industrial ghost town have become a safe space for wildlife.
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Two Baby Tamarin Monkeys...
ulelia is now anesthetized it's time for perhaps the most important meal of their lives should we get the little boy out yeah he's super grippy yeah he's still i mean he's still using that hand to hold mine
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A message of peace, hope...
announced that you were taking a hiatus film abandoning your your musical career and you probably broke millions of hearts around the world including mine what what what what why whena would you do that
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Bring on the learning...
It doesn't. If we had time, I could go into this, but we don't. Kindergarten begins in kindergarten. A friend of mine once said, "A three year-old is not half a six year-old."
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Dillie the Deer: Love on...
no one would have noticed yet in saving her life she has saved mine in giving her love she has given me so much more she proves to me
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How big is infinity? -...
I'll construct my decimal one place at a time. For the first decimal place of my number, I'll look at the first decimal place of your first number. If it's a one, I'll make mine a two; otherwise I'll make mine a one. For the second place of my number, I'll look at the second place of your second number.
Video examples
Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
and that's the free market system. About a year ago, some friends of mine and I started a not-for-profit called Just Capital. Its mission is very to help companies and corporations learn how to operate in a more just fashion by using the public's input
Video examples
Where does gold come...
So it would take almost the age of the universe to produce one gram at a cost vastly exceeding the current value of gold. So that's not a very good solution. But if we were to reach a hypothetical point where we'd mined all of the Earth's buried gold,
Video examples
Rethinking infidelity...
But even more important, is to curb the curiosity to mine for the sordid details -- Where were you? Where did you do it? How often? Is she better than me in bed? -- questions that only inflict more pain, and keep you awake at night.
Video examples
Deadly Killer Whale...
just about the most exciting two minutes of my life look at that they are magnificent i don't want to chase them it's very important that i don't go into their space i let them come into mine but they don't seem to be bothered by us
Video examples
Finding Little Owls in...
So adorable. And he's going back in. Who would have thought in an abandoned coal mine, we would have an animal like that. It's clear that the buildings of this industrial ghost town have become a safe space for wildlife.
Video examples
Two Baby Tamarin Monkeys...
ulelia is now anesthetized it's time for perhaps the most important meal of their lives should we get the little boy out yeah he's super grippy yeah he's still i mean he's still using that hand to hold mine
Video examples
A message of peace, hope...
announced that you were taking a hiatus film abandoning your your musical career and you probably broke millions of hearts around the world including mine what what what what why whena would you do that
Video examples
Bring on the learning...
It doesn't. If we had time, I could go into this, but we don't. Kindergarten begins in kindergarten. A friend of mine once said, "A three year-old is not half a six year-old."
Video examples
Dillie the Deer: Love on...
no one would have noticed yet in saving her life she has saved mine in giving her love she has given me so much more she proves to me
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Quote examples
Billie Eilish
American Singer
I feel like I write so that people can think of it as theirs. If my song is exactly about your life right now, then it is - I don't even want to say that it's mine, because it's yours.
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Tyler Perry
American Actor
I know that there are a lot of people out there with stories far worse than mine but you, too, can make it. To those of you who have, welcome to life. I celebrate you.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one.
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Morgan Freeman
American Actor
I don't know what my favorite film of mine is... But I think the most important film I was in was 'Glory'.
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Bruce Lee
American Actor
I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.
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Kurt Vonnegut
American Writer
I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep.
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Venus Williams
American Tennis Player
It wasn't like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine.
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Erica Mena
I'm just pro-saving what's mine and keeping it away from the world.
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Kevin Hart
American Actor
You get one life. I'm going to embrace mine.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman Statesman
Whatever is well said by another, is mine.
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Billie Eilish
American Singer
I feel like I write so that people can think of it as theirs. If my song is exactly about your life right now, then it is - I don't even want to say that it's mine, because it's yours.
Quote examples
Tyler Perry
American Actor
I know that there are a lot of people out there with stories far worse than mine but you, too, can make it. To those of you who have, welcome to life. I celebrate you.
Quote examples
William Shakespeare
English Playwright
I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one.
Quote examples
Morgan Freeman
American Actor
I don't know what my favorite film of mine is... But I think the most important film I was in was 'Glory'.
Quote examples
Bruce Lee
American Actor
I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.
Quote examples
Kurt Vonnegut
American Writer
I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep.
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Venus Williams
American Tennis Player
It wasn't like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine.
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Erica Mena
I'm just pro-saving what's mine and keeping it away from the world.
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Kevin Hart
American Actor
You get one life. I'm going to embrace mine.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman Statesman
Whatever is well said by another, is mine.
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