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nearer
(encz) | nearer,blíž adv: |
nearer
(encz) | nearer,blíže adv: |
nearer
(encz) | nearer,bližší |
Nearer
(gcide) | Near \Near\, a. [Compar. Nearer; superl. Nearest.] [See
Near, adv.]
1. Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote;
close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh. "As one near
death." --Shak.
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He served great Hector, and was ever near,
Not with his trumpet only, but his spear. --Dryden.
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2. Closely connected or related.
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She is thy father's near kinswoman. --Lev. xviii.
12.
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3. Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or
affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend.
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4. Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose,
or rambling; as, a version near to the original.
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5. So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close;
narrow[3]; as, a near escape; a near miss.
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6. Next to the driver, when he is on foot; in the Unted
States, on the left of an animal or a team; as, the near
ox; the near leg. See Off side, under Off, a.
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7. Immediate; direct; close; short. "The nearest way."
--Milton.
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8. Close-fisted; parsimonious. [Obs. or Low, Eng.]
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Note: Near may properly be followed by to before the thing
approached; but more frequently to is omitted, and the
adjective or the adverb is regarded as a preposition.
The same is also true of the word nigh.
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Syn: Nigh; close; adjacent; proximate; contiguous; present;
ready; intimate; familiar; dear.
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nearer
(gcide) | nearer \nearer\ adj.
less distant in space; as, we walked to the nearer house.
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nearer
(wn) | nearer
adv 1: (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter
distance; "come closer, my dear!"; "they drew nearer";
"getting nearer to the true explanation" [syn: nearer,
nigher, closer] |
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bring nearer
(encz) | bring nearer,blížit bring nearer,přiblížit bring nearer,přibližovat |
draw closer/nearer
(encz) | draw closer/nearer,blížit se draw closer/nearer,přiblížit se |
draw nearer
(encz) | draw nearer,blížit se draw nearer,přiblížit se draw nearer,přibližovat se |
get closer/nearer
(encz) | get closer/nearer,blížit se get closer/nearer,přiblížit se |
get nearer
(encz) | get nearer,blížit se get nearer,přiblížit se get nearer,přibližovat se |
nearer
(encz) | nearer,blíž adv: nearer,blíže adv: nearer,bližší |
nearer
(gcide) | Near \Near\, a. [Compar. Nearer; superl. Nearest.] [See
Near, adv.]
1. Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote;
close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh. "As one near
death." --Shak.
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He served great Hector, and was ever near,
Not with his trumpet only, but his spear. --Dryden.
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2. Closely connected or related.
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She is thy father's near kinswoman. --Lev. xviii.
12.
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3. Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or
affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend.
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4. Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose,
or rambling; as, a version near to the original.
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5. So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close;
narrow[3]; as, a near escape; a near miss.
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6. Next to the driver, when he is on foot; in the Unted
States, on the left of an animal or a team; as, the near
ox; the near leg. See Off side, under Off, a.
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7. Immediate; direct; close; short. "The nearest way."
--Milton.
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8. Close-fisted; parsimonious. [Obs. or Low, Eng.]
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Note: Near may properly be followed by to before the thing
approached; but more frequently to is omitted, and the
adjective or the adverb is regarded as a preposition.
The same is also true of the word nigh.
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Syn: Nigh; close; adjacent; proximate; contiguous; present;
ready; intimate; familiar; dear.
[1913 Webster]nearer \nearer\ adj.
less distant in space; as, we walked to the nearer house.
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nearer
(wn) | nearer
adv 1: (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter
distance; "come closer, my dear!"; "they drew nearer";
"getting nearer to the true explanation" [syn: nearer,
nigher, closer] |
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