Near

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short distance away only a short distance from a person or thing [↪ close, nearby]
1. Our house is near the lake.
2. I left the books near the box but when I came back they were gone.
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close, vicinity, next to, by

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away, far
short time before soon before a particular time or event
1. When we got home it was nearly midnight.
2. You only study when your exam gets near.
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close to, around

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almost doing something almost doing something or almost in a particular state
1. When the police found the kid he was nearly unconscious.
2. I had a near death experience when my car hit the tree trunk.
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close, almost

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amount or level almost at a particular amount or level
1. As the Stock Market went bullish our portfolio’s value it is near 200%.
2. The total number of pages in this volume near 100.
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close to, almost, reaching, range

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far from, not quite
similar if something is near something else, it is similar to it
1. The group home is a near home to her.
2. Sweet and sour is a near desert.
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similar, alike, akin

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dissimilar
near perfect/impossible etc almost perfect, impossible etc
1. She can never make a mistake she is near perfect.
2. The chances of his passing the test are near impossible.
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almost, virtually, practically

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exactly, precisely, accurately
draw near if an event is drawing near, it is nearly time for it to happen
1. As the time to go on the stage drew near she felt wobbly and nauseating.
2. The Day of Reckoning is getting nearer.
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closer, approached, loomed

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Far, distant
(as) near as damn it British English spoken used to say that something is very nearly true or correct
1. He is as near the truth as damn it.
2. The books will cost 3000 dirhams, as nears as damn it.
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near enough British English used to say that something is nearly true or correct
1. While it may not be an original but it is near enough.
2. He is not a Spiderman but with this costume he is near enough.
3. We haven’t reached our destination but we are near enough.
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almost, nearly

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hardly, barely, too far
nowhere near/not anywhere near used before an adjective or adverb to say that something is definitely not true
1. He is nowhere near the standard enough wealth.
2. We have been walking for the past three hours and we are not anywhere near the village or any of the settlements.
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not even close, far, away, not close

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close
not come near somebody/something if one person or thing does not come near another one, it is not at all as good as the other one
1. You don’t come near him when it comes to character or showing responsibility.
2. He isn’t nearly as good as she even on her bad days.
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unlike, quality

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like, similar
somebody will not go near somebody/something if someone will not go near a person or thing, they dislike or are frightened of them and will not speak to the person or use the thing
1. My son doesn’t want to go near a car.
2. In his mid-thirties drinks alcohol but in his youth he never went near it.
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proximity, close to, associate, use, consume, take

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stay away, distance

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only a short distance away from someone or something [↪ close, nearby]
1. When we went for camping I sat near the fire.
2. She found the dead mouse near balcony.
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close to, proximity, next to, within

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far, at a distance, not close
a near disaster/collapse etc almost a DISASTER, COLLAPSE etc
1. Our grandfather took out the fire extinguisher and saved us from a near disaster.
2. I was near destruction when I took so much loan.
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almost, certain, sure

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uncertain, iffy
the nearest thing/equivalent to something the thing you have that is most like a particular type of thing
1. A shack put up on branches is the nearest thing to these orphans can call home.
2. Taking a test drive is the nearest I have been to owning a Mercedes.
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in the near future soon
1. I’ll see you in the near future.
2. Right now all the projects are taken but I’ll give you a shout in the near future.
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soon, shortly, momentarily

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later, after
be a near thing British English if something you succeed in doing is a near thing, you manage to succeed but you nearly failed
1. I won the competition but it was a near thing.
2. The battle was a near thing, how did you win?
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neck to neck, fierce, cliffhanger, close squeeze, tight margin, stiff competition

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be a near thing British English used to say that you just managed to avoid a dangerous or unpleasant situation
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near miss when a bomb, plane, car etc nearly hits something but does not
1. The moment we got on the plane the alarm went on making it a near miss.
2. We were close to collision but it was a near miss.
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close call, narrow escape, hair breath escape, narrow miss, narrow squeeze

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hit, strike
near miss a situation in which something almost happens, or someone almost achieves something
1. I could have won but it was a near miss.
2. The thing about dreams is that they usually turn out to be a near miss.
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to the nearest £10/hundred etc an amount to the nearest £10, hundred etc is the number nearest to it that can be divided by £10, a hundred etc
1. The bill was £40.5 and the seller rounded it to the nearest £10, and charged us only £40.
2. We can approximate the population to the nearest 100,000.
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round off, close to, approximate

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accurate, correct, exact, true figure
near relative/relation a relative who is very closely related to you such as a parent
1. Jane is a near cousin.
2. My boss is my near relative.
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close, blood, first generation

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unrelated
somebody's nearest and dearest someone's family - used humorously
1. We invited all the near and dear ones.
2. This Christmas I made sure that all my near and dear ones receive a card from me.
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family

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outsiders
[only before noun, no comparative] used to describe the side of something that is closest to where you are
1. The near side tire is burst.
2. Pull out the curtain from the near side.
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[only before noun, no comparative] British English used when talking about the parts of a vehicle to mean the one that is closest to the side of the road when you drive
1. He came from my near side.
2. The near side tire got hit by the bullet.
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Right side

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Left side

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Word Forms:

Prsesent	Past	Past Participle
near	neared	neared

Present Participle	Third Person Singular
nearing	nears

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[transitive] to come closer to a place [= approach]
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[transitive] to come closer to being in a particular state
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[transitive] to come closer to a particular time
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[intransitive] if a time nears, it gets closer and will come soon
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near used in phrases

Near East (noun)
1. the Near East the Middle East
come near (verb)
1. almost do or experience something
2. move towards
draw near (verb)
1. move towards
far and near (adverb)
1. over great areas or distances; everywhere
near beer (noun)
1. drink that resembles beer but with less than 1/2 percent alcohol
near gale (noun)
1. wind moving 32-38 knots; 7 on the Beaufort scale
near miss (noun)
1. an accidental collision that is narrowly avoided
near thing (noun)
1. something that barely avoids failure or disaster
near vision (noun)
1. vision for objects 2 feet or closer to the viewer
near-blind (adjective)
1. having greatly reduced vision
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