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nearer 音標拼音: [n'ɪrɚ] adj. 較近 較近 nearer adv 1: ( comparative of ` near' or ` close') within a shorter distance; " come closer, my dear!"; " they drew nearer"; " getting nearer to the true explanation" [ synonym: { nearer}, { nigher}, { closer}] Near \ Near\, a. [ Compar. { Nearer}; superl. { Nearest}.] [ See { Near}, adv.] 1. Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote; close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh. " As one near death." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] He served great Hector, and was ever near, Not with his trumpet only, but his spear. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Closely connected or related. [ 1913 Webster] She is thy father' s near kinswoman. -- Lev. xviii. 12. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Close to one' s interests, affection, etc.; touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling; as, a version near to the original. [ 1913 Webster] 5. So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow[ 3]; as, a near escape; a near miss. [ 1913 Webster] 6. 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. [ 1913 Webster] 7. Immediate; direct; close; short. " The nearest way." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 8. Close- fisted; parsimonious. [ Obs. or Low, Eng.] [ 1913 Webster] Note: Near may properly be followed by to before the thing approached; but more frequently to is omitted, and the adjective or the adverb is regarded as a preposition. The same is also true of the word nigh. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Nigh; close; adjacent; proximate; contiguous; present; ready; intimate; familiar; dear. [ 1913 Webster]
nearer \ nearer\ adj. less distant in space; as, we walked to the nearer house. [ WordNet 1. 5]
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