Meaning & use
near
At a short distance from someone or something in space, time, or degree.
See it in a sentence
We found a hotel near the train station so we wouldn't need a taxi.
The results were near perfect, with only one small error in the whole report.
A note on using this word
Near also works as an adjective ('the near future') and a verb ('the ship neared the harbor').
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
far from
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