noun
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The left side of a horse or of a team of horses pulling a carriage etc.
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verb
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To come closer to; to approach.
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The ship nears the land.
adjective
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Physically close.
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I can't see near objects very clearly without my glasses.
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Close in time.
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The end is near.
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Closely connected or related.
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The deceased man had no near relatives.
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Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear.
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a near friend
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Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling.
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a version near to the original
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So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow.
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a near escape
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Approximate, almost.
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The two words are near synonyms.
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(in relation to a vehicle) On the side nearest to the kerb (the left-hand side if one drives on the left).
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The near front wheel came loose.
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Next to the driver, when he is on foot; on the left of an animal or a team.
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the near ox; the near leg
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Immediate; direct; close; short.
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Stingy; parsimonious.
adverb
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At or towards a position close in space or time.
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Nearly; almost.
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He was near unconscious when I found him.
preposition
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Physically close to, in close proximity to.
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There are habitable planets orbiting many of the stars near our Sun.
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Close to in time.
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The voyage was near completion.
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Close to in nature or degree.
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His opinions are near the limit of what is acceptable.
Examples of near in a Sentence
She drew near to him and stopped.
There are bears near by.
The boy played on the grass near by.
Maybe if he saw that she didn't go near the building, he would relax his guard.
The only plus is it's near the hospital.
I'm pert near twenty-one.
My teacher is so near to me that I scarcely think of myself apart from her.
We have seen this happen already, and it will get substantially better in the near future.
Coriolanus pitched his camp quite near to the city.
To the right, where the Kaluga road turns near Neskuchny, endless rows of troops and carts stretched away into the distance.
There was a pay phone near the door but it was out of order.
He set them down on the chair near the desk.
I was like that ship before my education began, only I was without compass or sounding-line, and had no way of knowing how near the harbour was.
She sat near him.
I know he'll bury any tip that comes near him!
The room, in near total darkness, held a barely audible hum for background music.
As he spoke the voice came so near to Zeb that he jumped back in alarm.
There were no libraries near him, and it was hard for him to get books.
A couple of vacationers picked her up walking along the beach near La Jolla.
First off; we can't have you or anyone near you making any attempt to find out anything about us.
I wasn't near as satisfied.
Near the top of a hill he saw a little shepherd boy who was lying on the ground while a flock of sheep and lambs were grazing around him.
We won't go anywhere near the crime scene; ever.
Just that someone in his family had a place near the beach, up the coast, and no one used it.
She was continually tormented by jealousy of her daughter, and now that jealousy concerned a subject near to her own heart, she could not reconcile herself to the idea.
At Tarutino Kutuzov received what was almost a reprimand from the Emperor for having moved his army along the Ryazan road, and the Emperor's letter indicated to him the very position he had already occupied near Kaluga.
Pierre too drew near the church where the thing was that evoked these exclamations, and dimly made out something leaning against the palings surrounding the church.
In everything near and comprehensible he had only what was limited, petty, commonplace, and senseless.
I'm pretty much out of the picture, at least for the near future.
Heading south, near the Massachusetts line.
A seating place was cleared for us near the front.
An older, harmless-looking man with white hair and beautiful emerald eyes stood near the door, holding out a phone.
He went to the lake near Rhyn's.
Post a guard near it.
Two orderlies, a courier and a major-domo, stood near by, some ten paces from Prince Andrew, availing themselves of Kutuzov's absence and of the fine weather.
And all these groups, while talking among themselves, tried to keep near the commander-in-chief (whose bench formed the center of the gathering) and to speak so that he might overhear them.
Near by could be seen the familiar ruins of a half-burned mansion occupied by the French, with lilac bushes still showing dark green beside the fence.
And do you know, Daddy, the day before yesterday we ran at them and, my word, they didn't let us get near before they just threw down their muskets and went on their knees.
Under Martha's soothing, near hypnotizing voice, Howie fell asleep quickly.
Nothing was said until we settled on a bench near the circular band stand, beneath the obligatory memorial statue.
Three men stood near it.
Once they came near to the enclosed Garden of the Clinging Vines, and walking high into the air looked down upon it with much interest.
Here one side of the mountain had a great hole in it, like the mouth of a cavern, and the stairs stopped at the near edge of the floor and commenced ascending again at the opposite edge.
He was often called the Ettrick Shepherd, because he was the keeper of sheep near the Ettrick Water.
He persuaded other towns near Antium to send their soldiers to help him.
There were groves of trees near the shore, and high hills beyond them.
You must go away too, take away what you can and tell the serfs to go to the Ryazan estate or to the one near Moscow.
On everything--far and near--lay the magic crystal glitter seen only at that time of autumn.
Her mind was beginning to function somewhere near normal.
She glanced at Bordeaux, who was squatting near the fire, putting his breakfast away.