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Near   /nɪr/   Listen
preposition
Near  prep.  Adjacent to; close by; not far from; nigh; as, the ship sailed near the land. See the Note under near, a.


adjective
Near  adj.  (compar. nearer; superl. nearest)  
1.
Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote; close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh. "As one near death." "He served great Hector, and was ever near, Not with his trumpet only, but his spear."
2.
Closely connected or related. "She is thy father's near kinswoman."
3.
Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend.
4.
Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling; as, a version near to the original.
5.
So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow (3); as, a near escape; a near miss.
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.
7.
Immediate; direct; close; short. "The nearest way."
8.
Close-fisted; parsimonious. (Obs. or Low, Eng.) 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.
Synonyms: Nigh; close; adjacent; proximate; contiguous; present; ready; intimate; familiar; dear.


adverb
Near  adv.  
1.
At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh. "My wife! my traitress! let her not come near me."
2.
Nearly; almost; well-nigh. "Near twenty years ago." "Near a fortnight ago." "Near about the yearly value of the land."
3.
Closely; intimately.
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."
Near the wind (Naut.), close to the wind; closehauled.


verb
Near  v. t.  (past & past part. neared; pres. part. nearing)  To approach; to come nearer; as, the ship neared the land.


Near  v. i.  To draw near; to approach. "A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist! And still it neared, and neared."





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"Near" Quotes from Famous Books



... have no atmosphere to speak of in New York and New England, except now and then during the dog-days, or the fitful and uncertain Indian Summer. An atmosphere, the quality of tone and mellowness in the near distance, is the product of a more humid climate. Hence, as we go south from New York,the atmospheric effects become more rich and varied, until on reaching the Potomac you find an atmosphere as well ...
— Winter Sunshine • John Burroughs
... of the Fronde as Madame de Longueville; and although, perhaps, equally beautiful, happily she was entirely devoted to her domestic duties. Her husband on taking flight had been constrained to leave her behind in Paris, she being near her accouchement, which circumstance however did not prevent the Queen from giving an order for her arrest. Although the royal guards were already in the house, the Duchess contrived to effect the ...
— Political Women (Vol. 1 of 2) • Sutherland Menzies
... stops, she pants for breath; She hears the near advance of death; She doubles to mislead the hound, And measures back her mazy round; Till, fainting in the public way, Half dead with fear, she ...
— Parker's Second Reader • Richard G. Parker
... I'm afraid. Perhaps they'd get away, or else manage to hide everything that would prove the truth about them. I think it would be better to report direct to Colonel Throckmorton. He knows what we found out near London, sir, you see, and he'd be more ready to ...
— The Boy Scout Aviators • George Durston
... terror, and he felt that he should have called out to her or followed until he had overtaken her. He could easily have excused his boldness, even if the councilor had been watching him from the cabin door. He was certain that she had passed very near to him again and that the fright which Obadiah had attempted to explain was not because of the graves. He swung about upon his companion, determined to ask for an explanation. The latter seemed to divine ...
— The Courage of Captain Plum • James Oliver Curwood


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