near

Etymology
From, , from , influenced by , both originating from , comparative of the adverb , from the adjective , ultimately from Pre-Proto-Germanic , a lengthened-grade adjective derived from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 🇨🇬. See also.

Near appears to be derived from (or at the very least influenced by) the North Germanic languages; compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 🇨🇬, as opposed to, which continues the inherited West Germanic adjective, like 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Both, however, are ultimately derived from the same Proto-Germanic root:.

Adjective

 * 1) Physically close.
 * 2) Close in time.
 * 3) Closely connected or related.
 * 4) Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear.
 * 5) Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling.
 * 6) So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow.
 * 7) Approximate, almost.
 * 8)  On the side nearest to the kerb (the left-hand side if one drives on the left).
 * 9)  Next to the driver, when he is on foot;  on the left of an animal or a team.
 * 10)  Immediate; direct; close; short.
 * 11)  Stingy; parsimonious.
 * 12)  Within the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
 * 1) Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling.
 * 2) So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow.
 * 3) Approximate, almost.
 * 4)  On the side nearest to the kerb (the left-hand side if one drives on the left).
 * 5)  Next to the driver, when he is on foot;  on the left of an animal or a team.
 * 6)  Immediate; direct; close; short.
 * 7)  Stingy; parsimonious.
 * 8)  Within the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
 * 1)  Next to the driver, when he is on foot;  on the left of an animal or a team.
 * 2)  Immediate; direct; close; short.
 * 3)  Stingy; parsimonious.
 * 4)  Within the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
 * 1)  Immediate; direct; close; short.
 * 2)  Stingy; parsimonious.
 * 3)  Within the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
 * 1)  Within the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
 * 1)  Within the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
 * 1)  Within the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.

Usage notes

 * was originally the comparative form of ; the superlative form was . is used today mostly in archaic, poetic, or regional contexts.

Synonyms

 * see also Thesaurus:near

Antonyms

 * see also Thesaurus:distant
 * off

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: قَرِيب
 * Hijazi Arabic: قَرِيب
 * Juba Arabic: geriib
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Aromanian: aproapea, aproapi
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: яҡын
 * Belarusian: блі́зкі, блі́жні
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bouyei: jaec
 * Brunei Malay: ampir, dakat
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: duol
 * Central Sierra Miwok: háj·e-t
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 近
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: nær
 * Dolgan: чугас
 * Dutch: ,
 * Erzya: маласонь
 * Esperanto:, apuda
 * Estonian: lähedal
 * Finnish:, lähellä oleva;
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: ახლო, ახლოს, მახლობლად
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌽𐌴𐍈
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πλησίος
 * Haitian Creole: pwòch
 * Hebrew:
 * Higaonon: madani
 * Hindi: नज़दीक, क़रीब
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: skammt
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Iranun: marani
 * Irish: dlúth
 * Isan:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Javanese:
 * Kashubian: blisczi
 * Kazakh:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kumyk: ювукъ
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: نزیک
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Ladino: serka
 * Lao:
 * Latgalian: tyvai, tiuli, kluot
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: tuvu, klāt, tuvs
 * Lithuanian: artimas
 * Lü: ᦺᦂᧉ
 * Macedonian: бли́зок
 * Malay:
 * Maltese:
 * Manchu: ᡥᠠᠨᠴᡳ
 * Mansaka: apit
 * Maori: tūtata
 * Mari:
 * Eastern Mari: лишыл
 * Moksha: мала
 * Navajo: áhání
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: nær
 * Occitan:
 * Old Church Slavonic: ѩдѣ
 * Old English: nēah
 * Ossetian: хӕстӕг
 * Pashto: نږدې
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Punjabi: ਨੇੜੇ standard, ਲਾਗੇ, ਕੋਲ਼
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: dlùth, faisg
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: бли̏зак
 * Roman:
 * Shan:
 * Slovak: blízky
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: bliski
 * Southern Thai: แค
 * Spanish:
 * Sundanese: caket
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: malapit
 * Tajik: ,
 * Tamil:
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu:
 * Tetum: besik
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: ýakyn
 * Tuvan: чоок
 * Tày: ái
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Urdu: نزدیک
 * Uyghur: يېقىن
 * Uzbek:
 * Venetian: vissin
 * Vietnamese:
 * White Hmong: ze
 * Yakut: чугас
 * Yiddish: נאָענט
 * Zazaki:
 * Zealandic: kortbie
 * Zhuang: gaenh, gyawj


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Maori: tūtata
 * Polish:
 * Zazaki: çorsmey


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Zazaki:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Cebuano: padulong
 * Finnish: ,
 * Maori: tata
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: halos


 * Finnish: matkustajan puoleinen


 * Finnish: ajajan viereinen
 * Zazaki:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Zazaki: kısteka


 * Bikol Central:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient:
 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish:

Adverb

 * 1) At or towards a position close in space or time.
 * 2) Nearly; almost.
 * He was near unconscious when I found him.
 * I jumped into the near-freezing water.
 * I near ruptured myself trying to move the piano.

Usage notes
The sense of nearly or almost is dialect, colloquial, old-fashioned or poetic in certain uses, such as, in many cases, when near is used to directly modify a verb.

Translations

 * Arabic: قَرِيبًا
 * Egyptian Arabic: قريب
 * Hijazi Arabic: قَرِيب
 * Aromanian: aproapea, aproapi
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: яҡын
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: блі́зка
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chamicuro: a'lotsi'ta
 * Chechen: уллохь
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Even: дали
 * Evenki: дага
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πέλας, ἄγχι
 * Hebrew:, קְרוֹבָה
 * Hindi: क़रीबन, नज़दीक
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Ingush: уллув
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Kumyk: ювукъ
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: نزیک
 * Latin:, propter, iuxta
 * Latvian: tuvu
 * Macedonian: бли́ску, бли́зу
 * Mirandese: acerca
 * Navajo: áhání
 * Old English: nēah, ġehende
 * Pashto: نږدې
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: దగ్గరగా, దగ్గరగుట
 * Tocharian B: akarte
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:

Preposition

 * 1)  Physically close to, in close proximity to.
 * 2) Close to in time.
 * 3) Close to in nature or degree.
 * His opinions are near the limit of what is acceptable.
 * 1) Close to in time.
 * 2) Close to in nature or degree.
 * His opinions are near the limit of what is acceptable.
 * 1) Close to in time.
 * 2) Close to in nature or degree.
 * His opinions are near the limit of what is acceptable.
 * His opinions are near the limit of what is acceptable.

Usage notes
Joan Maling (1983) shows that near is best analysed as an adjective with which the use of to is optional, rather than a preposition. It has the comparative and the superlative, and it can be followed by enough. The use of to however is usually British.

Translations

 * Arabic: قرب,, قريب, جَنْبَ
 * Egyptian Arabic: جنب, عند, قريب من
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: каля́, ля
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, in der Nähe
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πρός, πλησίον
 * Hindi:, नज़दीक
 * Hungarian: -hoz/-hez/-höz közel,
 * Irish: in aice le
 * Italian: vicino a
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: نزیک, تەنیشت, تەک
 * Ladino: serka
 * Latin:, iuxta, circa, circiter
 * Latvian: blakus
 * Macedonian: до, кај, близу
 * Malay:
 * Ngazidja Comorian: kariɓu na
 * Norman: près de
 * Ojibwe: jiig-
 * Old English: nēah
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: perto de, próximo de
 * Rapa Nui: hahine, tupuaki
 * Russian:,  ,  ,  ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: faisg air, goirid do
 * Slovak: pri, blízko
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: i närheten av
 * Telugu: ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: yakınında,
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: پاس, نزدیک
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:, ar bwys


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:

Verb

 * 1)  To come closer to; to approach.

Translations

 * Arabic: قَرُبَ
 * Hijazi Arabic: قَرَّب
 * Armenian:
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bulgarian: приближавам се
 * Catalan: ,
 * Czech: blížit
 * Dutch:, dichterbijkomen
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌽𐌴𐍈𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Hindi: नज़दीक आना
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: nálgast
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: نزیک بوونەوە
 * Macedonian: се прибли́жува, се бли́жи, се добли́жува, се набли́жува
 * Persian: نزدیک شدن
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎗𐎁

Noun

 * 1) The left side of a horse or of a team of horses pulling a carriage etc.

Etymology
From, nominative and accusative plural of.

Noun

 * 1) a lunar phase of an old moon, i.e. period of time in which the moon is waning

Etymology
From, from.

Adverb

 * 1) never