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  • 51near- — UK [nɪə(r)] / US [nɪr] prefix almost: used with many nouns and adjectives It s a near certainty (= it will almost certainly happen). a near fatal error …

    English dictionary

  • 52near by — nearby, near by When used as an adjective before a noun, it should be written as one word (at a nearby hotel), but as an adverb normally as two (at a hotel near by) …

    Modern English usage

  • 53near — Proximate; close by; about; adjacent; contiguous; abutting. The word as applied to space is a relative term without positive or precise meaning, depending for its signification on the subject matter in relation to which it is used and the… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 54near — Proximate; close by; about; adjacent; contiguous; abutting. The word as applied to space is a relative term without positive or precise meaning, depending for its signification on the subject matter in relation to which it is used and the… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 55near — see near is my kirtle, but nearer is my smock near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin the nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat the nearer the church, the farther from God …

    Proverbs new dictionary

  • 56near — See: FAR AND NEAR …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 57near — See: FAR AND NEAR …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 58néar — adv near, nearer; cmp of néah …

    Old to modern English dictionary

  • 59NEAR — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index near noun associate, association, environment, locality, neighborhood adjective adjoining, close (2), coming …

    English dictionary for students

  • 60NEAR — abbr. astr. Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous …

    Dictionary of English abbreviation