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Near   /nɪr/   Listen
Near

adjective
(compar. nearer; superl. nearest)
1.
Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.  Synonyms: close, nigh.  "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"
2.
Being on the left side.  Synonym: nigh.  "The animal's left side is its near or nigh side"
3.
Closely resembling the genuine article.  "A dress of near satin"
4.
Giving or spending with reluctance.  Synonyms: cheeseparing, close, penny-pinching, skinny.  "Very close (or near) with his money" , "A penny-pinching miserly old man"
5.
With or in a close or intimate relationship.  Synonyms: dear, good.  "My sisters and brothers are near and dear"
6.
Very close in resemblance.  Synonym: approximate.  "A near likeness"
adverb
1.
Near in time or place or relationship.  Synonyms: close, nigh.  "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"
2.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but.  Synonyms: about, almost, most, nearly, nigh, virtually, well-nigh.  "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"
verb
(past & past part. neared; pres. part. nearing)
1.
Move towards.  Synonyms: approach, come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up.  "They are drawing near" , "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"



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"Near" Quotes from Famous Books



... Doctor looked very grave. It was a bold, blunt way of putting the question. He turned it aside with the remark, that Shakespeare seemed to him at times to come as near inspiration as any human being not included ...
— Elsie Venner • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
... year has brought us near to completion of settlements of the indebtedness of foreign ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various
... "I don't believe the guards will allow you to get too near. It would be undesirable to bother the Galactic delegates ...
— Combat • Dallas McCord Reynolds
... market-master, who rang a bell to open the market, and if anybody bought or sold anything before the tap of that bell, he would be fined. People would walk along the line of wagons, where the butter and eggs, apples and peaches and melons, were piled up inside near the tail-boards, and stop where they saw something they wanted, and stand near so as to lay hands on it the moment the bell rang. My boy remembered stopping that morning by the wagon of some nice ...
— A Boy's Town • W. D. Howells
... father was—was queer, and never talked. They didn't even know his name. Everybody called him 'The Professor.' Mumsey says he and I lived in a little back room on the top floor of the house in Lowell where they used to live. They were poor then, but they wasn't near so poor as they are now. Jerry's father was alive them days, and ...
— Pollyanna Grows Up • Eleanor H. Porter


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