near
/nɪɹ/ adjective B1- Physically close. · I can't see near objects very clearly without my glasses.· Stay near at all times.
- Close in time. · The end is near.
- Closely connected or related. · The deceased man had no near relatives.
- Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear. · It is a matter of near consequence to me.· a near friend
- Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling. · a version near to the original
- So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow. · a near escape
- Approximate, almost. · The two words are near synonyms.
- Next to the driver, when he is on foot; (US) on the left of an animal or a team. · the near ox; the near leg
Comparative nearer · Superlative nearest
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It was so large a house, that she did not like to go nearer till she had nibbled some more of the lefthand bit of mushroom, and raised herself to about two feet high: even then she walked up towards it rather timidly, saying to herself “Suppose it should be raving mad after all!
Alice laughed so much at this, that she had to run back into the wood for fear of their hearing her; and when she next peeped out the Fish-Footman was gone, and the other was sitting on the ground near the door, staring stupidly up into the sky.
Seas and cities, near and far,
Drifting near to where I stand,
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