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[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnɪəɹə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnɪɹɚ/
- (US, without the mirror–nearer merger) IPA(key): /ˈnɪəɹə(ɹ)/, /ˈniɹə(ɹ)/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈniəɹə/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈniɹəɹ/
- (East Anglia, cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /ˈnɛːɹə/
- Rhymes: -ɪəɹə(ɹ)
Adjective
[edit]nearer
- Less distant; comparative form of near: more near.
- There are two pubs in the town; the nearer one is about a five-minute walk away.
Preposition
[edit]nearer
- Closer to.
- I'd like to live nearer the office.
- I’ll tell you nearer the time what to do.
- I still seem to be no nearer a solution.
- 1897, H. G. Wells, The Star:
- The star grew—it grew with a terrible steadiness hour after hour, a little larger each hour, a little nearer the midnight zenith, and brighter and brighter, until it had turned night into a second day.
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