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English

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Pronunciation


Etymology

Middle English from Old Norse nær

Adjective

  1. In the Context of physically close.
  2. In the Context of approaching
  3. : The end is near.


Antonyms


Translations

  • Arabic: (qarīb)
  • Chinese: 近 (jìn)
  • Czech: {{t+|cs|blízký|m}}
  • Esperanto: {{t-|eo|proksima|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Finnish:
  • French: ,
  • German:
  • Hungarian:
  • Ido: proxim
  • Italian:
  • Japanese: 近い (ちかい, chikai)
  • Korean: 가깝다 (gakkapda)
  • Kurdish:
  • : Sorani: {{t|ku|نزیک|tr=nzeek|sc=KUchar}}
  • Old English: {{t-|ang|neah|alt=nēah|xs=Old English}}
  • Polish:
  • Portuguese: ,
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|близкий|tr=blízkij|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Scottish Gaelic: dlùth
  • Spanish:
  • Swedish:
  • Telugu: దగ్గర (daggara)
  • Venetian: vissin
  • Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|gần|xs=Vietnamese}}

Adverb

  1. Having a small intervening distance with regard to something.
  2. : I'm near sighted.
  3. nearly
  4. * 1666 Samuel Pepys Diary and Correspondence (1867)
  5. *: ...he hears for certain that the Queen-Mother is about and hath near finished a peace with France....
  6. * 1825 David Hume, Tobias George Smollett The History of England p. 263
  7. *: Sir John Friend had very near completed a regiment of horse.
  8. * 2003 Owen Parry Honor's Kingdom p. 365
  9. *: Thinking about those pounds and pence, I near forgot my wound.
  10. * 2004 Jimmy Buffett A Salty Piece of Land p. 315, p. 35
  11. *: "I damn near forgot." He pulled an envelope from his jacket.
  12. * 2006 Juliet Marillier The Dark Mirror p. 377
  13. *: The fire was almost dead, the chamber near dark.


Translations

  • Japanese: 近く (ちかく, chikaku), 近くに (ちかくに, chikaku ni)
  • Korean: 가까이 (gakkai)
  • Kurdish:
  • Old English: {{t-|ang|neah|alt=nēah|xs=Old English}}
  • Polish:
  • Portuguese:
  • Spanish:
  • Telugu: దగ్గరగా (daggaragaa)
  • Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|gần|xs=Vietnamese}}

Preposition

  1. close to, in close proximity to.
  2. : We sat near the front.
  3. imminent, close to in time.
  4. : The voyage was near completion.


Antonyms


Translations

  • Arabic: (‘inda)
  • French:
  • Kurdish: , ,
  • Old English: {{t-|ang|neah|alt=nēah|xs=Old English}}
  • Spanish: cerca de
  • Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|gần|xs=Vietnamese}}

Verb

{{en-verb|nears|nearing|neared}}

  1. To decrease the distance to something.


Translations

  • Italian:
  • Kurdish:
  • : Sorani: {{t|ku|نزیک بوونه‌وه|tr=nzeek boonawa|sc=KUchar}}
  • Portuguese:
  • Spanish: ,

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Near \Near\, a. [Compar. Nearer; superl. Nearest.] [See
Near, adv.]
1. Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote;
close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh. "As one near
death." --Shak.
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He served great Hector, and was ever near,
Not with his trumpet only, but his spear. --Dryden.
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2. Closely connected or related.
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She is thy father's near kinswoman. --Lev. xviii.
12.
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3. Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or
affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend.
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4. Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose,
or rambling; as, a version near to the original.
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5. So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close;
narrow[3]; as, a near escape; a near miss.
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6. Next to the driver, when he is on foot; in the Unted
States, on the left of an animal or a team; as, the near
ox; the near leg. See Off side, under Off, a.
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7. Immediate; direct; close; short. "The nearest way."
--Milton.
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8. Close-fisted; parsimonious. [Obs. or Low, Eng.]
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Note: Near may properly be followed by to before the thing
approached; but more frequently to is omitted, and the
adjective or the adverb is regarded as a preposition.
The same is also true of the word nigh.
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Syn: Nigh; close; adjacent; proximate; contiguous; present;
ready; intimate; familiar; dear.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Near \Near\ (n[=e]r), adv. [AS. ne['a]r, compar. of ne['a]h
nigh. See Nigh.]
1. At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree;
not remote; nigh.
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My wife! my traitress! let her not come near me.
--Milton.
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2. Nearly; almost; well-nigh. "Near twenty years ago."
--Shak. "Near a fortnight ago." --Addison.
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Near about the yearly value of the land. --Locke.
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3. Closely; intimately. --Shak.
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Far and near, at a distance and close by; throughout a
whole region.

To come near to, to want but little of; to approximate to.
"Such a sum he found would go near to ruin him."
--Addison.

Near the wind (Naut.), close to the wind; closehauled.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Near \Near\, v. i.
To draw near; to approach.
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A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist!
And still it neared, and neared. --Coleridge.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Near \Near\, prep.
Adjacent to; close by; not far from; nigh; as, the ship
sailed near the land. See the Note under near, a.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Near \Near\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Neared; p. pr. & vb. n
Nearing.] [See Near, adv.]
To approach; to come nearer; as, the ship neared the land.
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WordNet near
adj 1: not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances;
"near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near
equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very
near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near
tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call"
[syn: close] [ant: far]
2: being on the left side; "the near or nigh horse is the one
on the left"; "the animal's left side is its near or nigh
side" [syn: near(a), nigh(a)]
3: closely resembling the genuine article; "near beer"; "a
dress of near satin"
4: giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing
administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a
penny-pinching miserly old man" [syn: cheeseparing, close,
penny-pinching]
5: with or in a close or intimate relationship; "a good
friend"; "my sisters and brothers are near and dear" [syn:
dear, good]
6: very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate
likeness"; "a near likeness" [syn: approximate]
adv 1: near in time or place or relationship; "as the wedding day
drew near"; "stood near the door"; "don't shoot until
they come near"; "getting near to the true
explanation"; "her mother is always near"; "The end
draws nigh"; "the bullet didn't come close"; "don't
get too close to the fire" [syn: nigh, close]
2: (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite
accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for
`nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for
`almost'; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was
almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost
finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly
fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording
is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed
the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most
everyone agrees" [syn: about, just about, almost, most,
all but, nearly, nigh, virtually, well-nigh]
v : move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They
are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and
nearer" [syn: approach, come on, go up, draw near,
draw close, come near]
Moby Dictionary
about , about to be , abutting , accost , adjacent , adjoining , advance ,
advancing , all but , almost , along toward , already in sight , among ,
angustifoliate , angustirostrate , angustisellate , angustiseptal ,
anticipate , ape , appear like , approach , approaching , appropinquate ,
approximate , approximating , approximative , arm-in-arm , around ,
as good as , aside , at , at close quarters , at hand , at next hand ,
attached , attracted to , avaricious , await , be destined , be fated ,
be imminent , be in store , be like , be redolent of , be to be ,
be to come , bear down on , bear down upon , bear resemblance ,
bear up , beside , bordering on , brew , brewing , bring to mind ,
burning , by , call to mind , call up , cheap , cheek-by-jowl , circa ,
circumscribed , close , close about , close at hand , close by ,
close in , close to , close upon , close with , close-by ,
close-fitting , closefisted , closely , come , come close , come closer ,
come forward , come near , come on , come up , coming , comparable ,
compare with , confined , confront , connected , constricted ,
contiguous , converge , copy , correspond , counterclockwise ,
counterfeit , cramp , cramped , crowded , draw near , draw nigh ,
draw on , drawn to , encounter , equal , evoke , expect , face , familiar ,
fast by , favor , follow , foresee , foretell , forthcome , forthcoming ,
from , future , gain upon , gather , gathering , going to happen ,
hairbreadth , hand and glove , hand-in-hand , hang over , hard ,
hard by , hard on , hardfisted , hereabout , hereabouts , homologous ,
hope , hot , hover , illiberal , imitate , immediate , imminent , impend ,
impendent , impending , in , in danger imminent , in prospect ,
in reserve , in spitting distance , in store , in the cards ,
in the offing , in the wind , in view , incapacious , incommodious ,
inseparable , instant , intimate , isthmian , isthmic , just about ,
larboard , lean towards , left , left-hand , left-wing , left-wingish ,
levorotatory , liberal , lie ahead , lie over , like , limited ,
look for , look forward to , look like , loom , looming , lower ,
lowering , lurking , match , meager , mean , menace , menacing , mimic ,
mirror , miserly , much at one , much the same , narrow ,
narrow the gap , near at hand , near the mark , near to , near upon ,
nearabout , nearabouts , nearby , nearing , nearish , nearly ,
nearly reproduce , nearly the same , next door to , next to ,
niggardly , nigh , nigh about , nighhand , nighish , not far ,
not far from , not quite , not tell apart , on , on the horizon ,
oncoming , only a step , overhang , overhanging , parallel ,
parsimonious , partake of , penny-pinching , penurious , pinchfisted ,
pinching , plan , plot , port , predict , preparing , pretty near ,
project , prophesy , propinque , proximal , proximate , quasi , radical ,
relatable , related , relative , remind one of , resemble , restricted ,
rival , round , same but different , save-all , savor of , scant ,
scanty , seem like , selfish , side-by-side , sidle up to , similar ,
simulate , sinister , sinistral , sinistrocerebral , sinistrocular ,
sinistrogyrate , sinistrorse , slender , smack of , sound like ,
stack up with , step up , stingy , strait , suggest , take after ,
that will be , thereabout , thereabouts , thick , thick as thieves ,
threaten , threatening , tight , tight-fisted , tightfisted , to ,
to come , touch , toward , ungenerous , upcoming , verge on , verging on ,
verging upon , vicinal , virtually , waiting , warm , well-nigh , with ,
within call , within earshot , within hearing , within reach ,
within sight


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