near /niә/

Meaning

English definition

• (adj.) not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
• (adj.) being on the left side
• (adj.) closely resembling the genuine article

Chinese translation

• a. 近的, 近亲的, 近似的
• adv. 接近, 亲近
• prep. 靠近, 近似于

Word details

Part of speech

preposition

Pronunciation

/niә/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao

Frequency

Zipf 5.29 · Common

Word forms

nearing, neared, nears, nearer, nearest

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