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.
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Near Quotations
The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.
Winston Churchill
Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
Confucius
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
Confucius
The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.
Oscar Wilde
The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.
George Washington
What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you?
Khalil Gibran
I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.
Margaret Thatcher
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
If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.
Napoleon Hill
Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth.
Swami Vivekananda
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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