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Meaning of nearside | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The side of a road vehicle nearest to the kerb: the left side if one drives on the left of the road.
    British
  2. The face of the Moon nearest the Earth.
  3. A streetcar designed to discharge passengers on the near side of an intersection, rather than the far side.
    US, historical

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Suomi etupuoli

Examples

“An unhappy-looking "foreigner" on Beattock shed on August 18 was Class A2 No. 60529. It had taken the West Coast main line with an unidentified working, but failed at Lockerbie with a blown-out nearside cylinder; [...].”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Nearsighted Nearsightedly Nearsightedness neartermism neartermist nearthrosis

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