See Also: used 1, adjective(dictionary)
through 2, adjective(dictionary)
third 1, adjective(dictionary)
bad 1, adjective(dictionary)
ill 1, adjective(dictionary)
near 2, adjective(dictionary)
then 2, adjective(dictionary)
net 2, adjective(dictionary)
bay 3, adjective(dictionary)
shy 1, adjective(dictionary)

near 2, adjective (oh)



2 W3S2 adj
only a short distance away from someone or something
-see also close close, nearby nearby
::It's a beautiful house but it's 20 miles away from the nearest town.
::We can meet at the pub or in the restaurant, whichever's nearer for you.
a near disaster/collapse etc
almost a disaster, collapse etc
::The election was a near disaster for the Conservative party.
the nearest thing/equivalent to sth
the thing you have that is most like a particular type of thing
::He's the nearest thing to a father I've got.
in the near future
soon
::They promised to contact us again in the near future.
be a near thing
BrE a) if something you succeed in doing is a near thing, you manage to succeed but you nearly failed
::They won the championship, but it was a near thing.
b) used to say that you just managed to avoid a dangerous or unpleasant situation
::That was a near thing - that truck was heading straight for us.
near miss
a) when a bomb, plane, car etc nearly hits something but does not
::a near miss between two passenger aircraft over the airport
b) a situation in which something almost happens, or someone almost achieves something
to the nearest ¡ê10/hundred etc
an amount to the nearest ¡ê10, hundred etc is the number nearest to it that can be divided by ¡ê10, a hundred etc
::Give me the car mileage to the nearest thousand.
a) near relative/relation
a relative who is very closely related to you such as a parent
::The death of a near relative is a terrible trauma for a child.
b) sb's nearest and dearest
someone's family - used humorously
[only before noun, no comparative] a) used to describe the side of something that is closest to where you are
::the near bank of the river
b) BrE used when talking about the parts of a vehicle to mean the one that is closest to the side of the road when you drive
-opposite off off
::The headlight on the near side isn't working.
-see also nearly , nowhere near at nowhere (4)-- nearness n [U]