near

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Adverb 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Preposition 1.5.1 Antonyms 1.5.2 Translations 1.6 Verb 1.6.1 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /nɪə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /nI@(\r)/
• (US) IPA: /nɪɹ/, SAMPA: /nIr\/
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  Rhymes: -ɪə(r)

[edit] Etymology

Middle English from Old Norse nær

[edit] Adjective

near (comparative nearer, superlative nearest)

1. (of an animate or inanimate object) physically close.
2. (of an event) approaching

   The end is near.

[edit] Antonyms

• remote

[edit] Derived terms

• near-death experience
• near-Earth object
• Near East
• near infrared
• near-minimal pair
• near miss
• near the knuckle
• nearly
• nearness

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[edit] Adverb

near (comparative nearer, superlative nearest)

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

   I'm near sighted.

2. (colloquial) nearly
   • 1666 Samuel Pepys Diary and Correspondence (1867)

     ...he hears for certain that the Queen-Mother is about and hath near finished a peace with France....

   • 1825 David Hume, Tobias George Smollett The History of England p. 263

     Sir John Friend had very near completed a regiment of horse.

   • 2003 Owen Parry Honor's Kingdom p. 365

     Thinking about those pounds and pence, I near forgot my wound.

   • 2004 Jimmy Buffett A Salty Piece of Land p. 315, p. 35

     "I damn near forgot." He pulled an envelope from his jacket.

   • 2006 Juliet Marillier The Dark Mirror p. 377

     The fire was almost dead, the chamber near dark.

[edit] Derived terms

• nearsighted

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[edit] Preposition

near

1. close to, in close proximity to.

   We sat near the front.

2. close to in time.

   The voyage was near completion.

[edit] Antonyms

• far from

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[edit] Verb

to near (third-person singular simple present nears, present participle nearing, simple past and past participle neared)

1. To decrease the distance to something.

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