near

Definition

Examples

The new office is located near the central train station.

Word Family

Synonyms

• closethe temporal end; the concluding time
• adjacentnearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
• nearbyclose at hand

Collocations

• Easy near here
  to near here, meaning to move towards
• Medium nearing completion of construction phase
  to nearing completion of construction phase, meaning to move towards
• Hard unlikely in the near term under current conditions
  describing unlikely in the near term under current conditions (not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred)
• Very Hard near miss that almost bankrupted the institution
  to near miss that almost bankrupted the institution, meaning to move towards