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Publish date: 2024-05-22
| • | 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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