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NEAR
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
Example:
had a close call
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
hot (of a seeker; very near to the object sought)
warm (of a seeker; near to the object sought)
nearby (close at hand)
adjacent (near or close to but not necessarily touching)
Attribute:
distance (the property created by the space between two objects or points)
Antonym:
far (located at a great distance in time or space or degree)
Derivation:
nearness (the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Very close in resemblance
Example:
a near likeness
Synonyms:
approximate; near
Classified under:
Similar:
close (close in relevance or relationship)
Sense 3
Meaning:
With or in a close or intimate relationship
Example:
my sisters and brothers are near and dear
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
close (close in relevance or relationship)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Giving or spending with reluctance
Example:
a penny-pinching miserly old man
Synonyms:
cheeseparing; close; near; penny-pinching; skinny
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
stingy; ungenerous (unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.))
Sense 5
Meaning:
Closely resembling the genuine article
Example:
a dress of near satin
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
artificial; unreal (contrived by art rather than nature)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Being on the left side
Example:
the animal's left side is its near or nigh side
Synonyms:
near; nigh
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
left (being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they near ... he / she / it nears
Past simple: neared
Past participle: neared
-ing form: nearing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Move towards
Example:
The enemy army came nearer and nearer
Synonyms:
approach; come near; come on; draw close; draw near; go up; near
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "near" is one way to...):
come; come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)
"Near" entails doing...:
advance; go on; march on; move on; pass on; progress (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)
Verb group:
approach; come near (come near in time)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "near"):
drive up (approach while driving)
bear down on; bear down upon (sail towards another vessel, of a ship)
edge in; edge up (push one's way into (a space))
close (draw near)
crowd; push (approach a certain age or speed)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
III. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
Example:
most everyone agrees
Synonyms:
about; almost; most; near; nearly; nigh; virtually; well-nigh
Classified under:
Sense 2
Meaning:
Near in time or place or relationship
Example:
don't get too close to the fire
Synonyms:
close; near; nigh
Classified under:
Context examples:
I cannot describe to you my sensations on the near prospect of my undertaking.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
It was on the third day after our forming our camp near the Indian caves that the tragedy occurred.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The majority are located near or in the organs that they innervate.
(Parasympathetic Ganglion, NCI Thesaurus)
Paraganglia are a collection of cells that came from embryonic nervous tissue, and are found near the adrenal glands and some blood vessels and nerves.
(Paraganglioma, NCI Dictionary)
Most near in time or space.
(Nearest, NCI Thesaurus)
An indication that a study subject was near death when it was euthanized.
(Moribund Sacrifice, NCI Thesaurus)
A BAG domain near the C-terminus may bind HSC70/HSP70.
(BCL2-associated Athanogene 5, NCI Thesaurus)
“Why, bless me, so it is! What!” looking at it nearer.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
A fusion gene that results from a chromosomal translocation t(3;13)(q27;q14) which fuses the promoter region of the BCL6 gene near the 5' end of the LCP1 gene.
(BCL6/LCP1 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Others are near nursing homes, so a person can move easily if needs change.
(Assisted Living, Administration on Aging)
