Talk:nearest

I calculated the cost to the nearest 50 dollars.
Idiom? --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:20, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

vs. next to
(The) nearest means ‘closest’ in space: Janet’s sitting nearest/next to the window (= of all the people in the room vs. right beside it, respectively). https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/near_1?q=near --Backinstadiums (talk) 19:26, 30 August 2021 (UTC)