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The meaning of NEAR is at, within, or to a short distance or time. How to use near in a sentence.
NEAR definition: close; to a point or place not far away. See examples of near used in a sentence.
The preposition near (to) means ‘not far away in distance’. Near and near to mean the same, but near is more common: …
Near means the same as near to. He was near tears. For almost a month he lay near death.
thrifty or stingy: near with one's pocketbook. (of two draft animals hitched together) being on the driver's left (as opposed to off): The near horse is going lame.
Definition of near preposition in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Near definition: To, at, or within a short distance or interval in space or time.
Having a small intervening distance with regard to something. I'm near sighted. physically close. The end is near. The two words are near synonyms. close to, in close proximity to. close to in time. The voyage was near completion.
Near appears to be derived from (or at the very least influenced by) the North Germanic languages; as opposed to nigh, which continues the inherited West Germanic adjective. Both, however, are ultimately derived from the same Proto-Germanic root: *nēhw (“near, close”).