Meaning of near | Babel Free

Definitions

1. close, near, around, about, nearly, nigh (referring to quantity or time-related)
2. At or towards a position close in space or time.
3. Nearly; almost.
4. close, near, around, nigh, at hand, close at hand, in sight (spatially)
5. nearby, close by
6. fence (a thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter)
7. stone wall

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Examples

“He was near unconscious when I found him.”

“I jumped into the near-freezing water.”

“I near ruptured myself trying to move the piano.”

“[…] he hears for certain that the Queen-Mother is about and hath near finished a peace with France […]”

“Sir John Friend had very near completed a regiment of horse.”

“Peter ran after them as fast as his legs would carry him, but at last he had only one of the hares left, and when this was gone, he was very near burst with running.”

“Thinking about those pounds and pence, I near forgot my wound.”

“"I damn near forgot." He pulled an envelope from his jacket.”

“The fire was almost dead, the chamber near dark.”

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