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Definition of Near

1. Adverb. Near in time or place or relationship. "Don't get too close to the fire"

2. Adjective. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances. "Had a close call"

3. Verb. Move towards. "Sam and Sue near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"

4. Adverb. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but. "Most everyone agrees"

5. Adjective. Being on the left side. "The animal's left side is its near or nigh side"

6. Adjective. Closely resembling the genuine article. "A dress of near satin"

7. Adjective. Giving or spending with reluctance. "A penny-pinching miserly old man"

8. Adjective. With or in a close or intimate relationship. "My sisters and brothers are near and dear"

9. Adjective. Very close in resemblance. "A near likeness"

Definition of Near

1. adv. At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh.

2. a. Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote; close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh.

3. prep. Adjacent to; close by; not far from; nigh; as, the ship sailed near the land. See the Note under near, a.

4. v. t. To approach; to come nearer; as, the ship neared the land.

5. v. i. To draw near; to approach.

Definition of Near

1. Adjective. (context: of an animate or inanimate object) physically close. ¹

2. Adjective. (context: of an event) approaching ¹

3. Adjective. approximate, almost ¹

4. Adverb. Having a small intervening distance with regard to something. ¹

5. Adverb. (colloquial) nearly ¹

6. Preposition. close to, in close proximity to. ¹

7. Preposition. close to in time. ¹

8. Verb. To decrease the distance to something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Near

1. situated within a short distance [adj NEARER, NEAREST] / to approach [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: approach

Medical Definition of Near

1. 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." (Dryden) 2. Closely connected or related. "She is thy father's near kinswoman." (Lev. Xviii. 12) 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; as, a near escape. 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, . 7. Immediate; direct; close; short. "The nearest way." 8. Close-fisted; parsimonious. 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. Synonym: Nigh, close, adjacent, proximate, contiguous, present, ready, intimate, dear. Origin: See Near. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Near

nealed nealing nealite neals neanic neanimorphic neap neap tide neap tides neaped

neaper neapest neaping neaps neapy near (current term) near(a) near-Earth object near-blind near-death experience

near-death experiences near-field near-fields near-minimal pair near-minimal pairs near-sighted near-sightedness near-term near-total thyroidectomy near beer

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