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Definition of Near

Near At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh. Nearly; almost; well-nigh. Closely; intimately. Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote; close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh. Closely connected or related. Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend. Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling; as, a version near to the original. So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow; as, a near escape. 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. Immediate; direct; close; short. Close-fisted; parsimonious. Adjacent to; close by; not far from; nigh; as, the ship sailed near the land. See the Note under near, a. To approach; to come nearer; as, the ship neared the land. To draw near; to approach. Related Definitions: Adjacent, Affecting, Affection, Almost, An, Animal, Anything, Approach, As, At, Avoid, Barely, By, Close, Closely, Come, Connected, Dear, Degree, Direct, Distance, Distant, Draw, Driver, Escape, Far, Followed, Foot, Free, Friend, From, Hand, He, Imitated, Immediate, In, Injury, Intimate, Intimately, Is, Land, Left, Leg, Little, Loose, Loss, Manner, Narrow, Near, Neared, Nearly, Neighboring, Next, Nigh, Not, Note, Of, Off, On, One, Or, Original, Ox, Parsimonious, Pass, Place, Rambling, Related, Remote, Sailed, See, Ship, Short, Side, So, Team, The, Time, To, Touching, Under, Version, Well-Nigh, When

Near Quotations Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt. Francois de La Rochefoucauld The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it. Voltaire The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation. Oscar Wilde There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling. Victor Hugo We are near awakening when we dream that we dream. Novalis

Near Translations near in Afrikaans is aanstaande, na near in Dutch is eerstvolgend, aanstaand, komend near in German is nahe near in Latin is propter, propinquus, prope, prope near in Portuguese is perto

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