I. adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
almost/nearly/near perfect
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His collection included an almost perfect skeleton of an armadillo.
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Her performance was near perfect.
damn near (= almost )
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He damn near drowned.
Near East
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Ancient Near Eastern literature
near extinction (= being almost becoming extinct )
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Wolves have returned to the forest, almost ten years after near extinction.
near/approach a climax
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One of the most important trials in recent history is nearing its climax today.
nearest approximation
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It was the nearest approximation to a crisis she’d ever experienced.
nearing completion (= almost finished )
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The house is nearing completion .
not nearly/nowhere near enough informal (= much less than you need )
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We only had $500, and that was nowhere near enough to buy a new camcorder.
nowhere near as...as
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She’s nowhere near as pretty as you are.
nowhere near ready/full/finished etc
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The building’s nowhere near finished.
sb's nearest/closest rival (= the one that is closest to beating them )
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She finished 7.1 seconds ahead of her nearest rival.
the near future (= soon )
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A new product launch is planned for the near future.
the nearest available sth
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Ruth sat down in the nearest available armchair.
the nearest exit
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Please leave the building in an orderly fashion, using the nearest exit.
the nearest/closest equivalent
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The corner store was the closest equivalent we had to a supermarket when I was young.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
full
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Our team will be as near full strength as possible, although once again injuries are beginning to dog us.
future
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Subscriptions Will all members with unpaid subscriptions please forward a remittance in the very near future .
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She'd be surprised if it wasn't applied to her rump in the very near future .
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Besides the present releases, at least three others are planned for the fairly near future .
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In Cowley's opinion, the arrogant little man should be invited to leave the country in the very near future indeed.
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It was hoped that there might be one or more lawyers in post in the relatively near future .
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The trade of elephant catching and training is likely to die out in the very near future .
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There could also be an own brand product in the very near future .
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Reading the scriptures, they translate this into the very near future .
impossible
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It's been near impossible for anymole to see him since November, when he went into retreat.
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And these are in no way direct comparisons - that's near impossible .
perfect
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In the latter case the specimen is of near perfect geometry for a torsion test.
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Conclusions: The velvet cloth is a near perfect black, but more expensive and less readily available than the other materials.
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Unfortunately, strong winds curtailed the sport on a near perfect river level carrying about four inches extra, but fining off.
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In the main, larval control would have to be near perfect in its efficiency and to allow very few adults to survive.
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In this chapter, I look at what would happen if the acoustic-phonetic front-end did achieve near perfect performance.
■ VERB
come
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And for years and years they never came near .
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For a time young Jarratt lived in a rural county, where no minister came near .
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Gathered, all of them, boys and girls aged eight to twelve, at the play-yard railings when he came near .
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She never once attacked others who came near .
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They must know by now whether a relief force was coming near .
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With all that booze I came near to passing out.
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And just then the noble knight came near , on his black horse.
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When the boat bringing us over came near to land, I fell to my knees.
damn
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My dybbuk set out to drive me crazy, and she damned near did.
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Why, Seikaly was damned near fully operational.
draw
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As we drew near and I watched 747 after 747 climbing laboriously into the clouds, I wondered what fate befell me.
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As lunch-time drew near I decided to let the children listen to the music while they were having their meal.
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As closing time drew near , the children grew less.
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As the pair drew near he turned and fled.
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The roar of the crackling fire drew near and doom seemed inevitable.
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Men prosper for a decade, and demons dare not draw near !
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Macbean's move comes as the deadline for the second of the quarterly awards draws near .
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The bailiff directed all to draw near and give their attendance, promising that they would be heard.
get
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He stood up as she got near , taking off his sunglasses politely, and they shook hands.
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I guess when you get near forty you kind of change.
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We could see them, but we couldn't get near because there was no wind.
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In fact, it was sometimes so crowded that customers could not get near !
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They played well when you got near enough to hear.
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And how are we to get near ?
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This is the thanks we get near civil war in the boardroom.
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Eventually the vessel got near enough for us to see that it was a passenger steamer.
live
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Families living near by were warned to stay indoors because of toxic smoke.
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There is a torn up house I live near and the stairs are broken down.
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Only those people who live near by are allowed to open accounts.
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The next day he and another Bengali boy who lives near by chose another way home, hoping to escape the attackers.
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Larger numbers of roe deer live near there and Czechoslovakia still has bears and wolves roaming in the wild.
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Let us live near together and be kind to each other and love each other.
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Her children all live near , and the house is still full with visiting grandchildren.
miss
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He had had numerous prangs and near misses in his motoring life and not one of them had been his fault.
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Anything short of a very near miss merely blew them away.
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Discuss the reasons for incidents and near misses with your colleagues, so that the lessons can be learned. 7.
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The first questionnaire was about their driving experience including the questions about accidents and near misses that were reported in Study 1.
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Warlow's claim that the Earth has flipped five times over 13,000 years implies a cosmic near miss every 2600 years.
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Several other motorists had near misses .
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You only get points for winning, not dominating and near misses !
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Like other convergences, it includes at least as many collisions and near misses as genuine meeting points.
stand
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A guard with a huge Alsatian stood near by.
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Miss Sumida stands near , almost touching me, for most of the conversation.
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He felt worse because a policeman, who was standing near , laughed and walked away.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Nearer my God to Thee
be at/near etc the end of your rope
be located in/near etc sth
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At Mallia, a similarly designed suite was located in the north-west corner of the temple.
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The bulk of the world's rainforests, 97 percent, are located in 27 developing countries.
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The four metropolitan areas with the highest rents were located in California: San Jose, $ 1, 330.
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The three theaters are located in the center of town.
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When you get an office, you will be located in a business world.
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While the industrial sector remained small in real terms, much industrial production continued to be located in rural areas.
draw near/closer
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As the habeas hearing drew near, Lancaster County officials' concern over these revelations grew noticeable.
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As the pair drew near he turned and fled.
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As the race drew closer it was time for Paul to take a back seat.
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As we drew near and I watched 747 after 747 climbing laboriously into the clouds, I wondered what fate befell me.
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Men prosper for a decade, and demons dare not draw near!
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The bailiff directed all to draw near and give their attendance, promising that they would be heard.
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They drew near the bed and stared down at the boy who lay there sleeping in its drifts of tumbling lace.
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Two young boys, of around ten years of age, drawing closer, then parallel, now swiftly passing, past.
near enough
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At noon they saw it; then they were near enough to hear it.
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Filmer had been sitting with his back to me, it was true, but near enough to overhear.
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He is near enough to hear them calling, the words bounced and steered and elongated by the contours of the land.
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Jones and Brewer have had a long series of injuries, but both are near enough to fitness and form.
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No one was near enough to accost her or wonder about her presence.
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The Trojans were almost near enough to set the ships on fire.
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When he saw me, he leaned on his shovel until I was near enough to shake hands.
near the knuckle
not anything like/near
not anywhere near
nowhere near
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After eight hours climbing, we were still nowhere near the top of the mountain.
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The car was parked in the middle of the street, nowhere near the curb.
the Near East
too close/near for comfort
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At times, the similarities are too close for comfort , edging towards the derivative.
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But our last memory was of a nightingale pair, singing in competition in territories perhaps too close for comfort .
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Cross-addictions may be hotly denied because the subject matter may for some be too close for comfort .
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In a wave trough I caught a glimpse of a coral head to port: a little too close for comfort .
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Lightning dipped and veered in a manner which was far too close for comfort .
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Richard, and you quite see why, finds economy airline seats too close for comfort .
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The movement brought him too close for comfort .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Add the cream near the end of the cooking time.
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Asha's office is near the vending machines.
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Sasha grew up on a farm near Ithaca, New York.
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
much
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But he's much nearer than he was.
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On 23 April the bombing came much nearer .
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This could explain why we see some quasars much nearer than we would normally expect to see them.
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Possibly, but the site of Clairvaux suggests an explanation much nearer at hand.
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Yet state censorship has arguably come much nearer and become more sinister with the Spycatcher affair and the more recent Section 28.
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If you'd wanted to go to church you could have gone to St Ermin's which is much nearer .
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The answer was much nearer home.
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The sounds came from the left this time and were much nearer .
■ NOUN
completion
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The purchaser should identify the need for an independent valuation as early as possible to avoid subsequent delay nearer completion .
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This is despite the near completion of a £70,000 five year project set up to save the paths.
disaster
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It took a couple of near disasters to set me straight.
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Once again, he had walked away from near disaster .
end
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Breakfast was laid on the floor at the near end of the room.
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He had his private spot at the near end , where the bar curves into the wall.
future
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Unfortunately we have no vacancies at present nor do I anticipate any in the near future .
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Rookie Andrew DeClercq might see something besides garbage-time minutes in the near future .
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Fears about the threat of more deportations in the near future are believed to be behind the resistance to the police action.
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He had the eerie, crystal-ball feeling that there would be another, newer, sadder sentence in the very near future .
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Forget oil and land, water is where the most intractable disputes will arise in the near future .
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Hope to see you one day in the near future .
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Many of the new jobs being created now or in the near future are transient.
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Thus, throughout these chapters there is an ominous foreboding of death to come in the near future .
hospital
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The nearest hospital is on the main island, and the boat comes only once or twice a day.
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People who need cataract surgery are taken by bus to the nearest hospital for surgery, and returned home the next day.
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On occasion we took them to the nearest hospital , but beds were not always available.
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He promptly turned off the by-pass and headed for the nearest hospital .
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She was rushed to the nearest hospital .
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Dawn was taken immediately to the nearest hospital and put on a life-support machine in the Intensive Care Unit.
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We were in the heart of the rainforest, a day's travel from the nearest hospital .
miss
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Owen had, however, the sense of relief that follows a near miss .
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None the less, we do have records of many near misses from relatively modern sources.
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I was below, completely unaware of this near miss .
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The little girl who had had the near miss with the blackboard was the daughter of a minister.
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The near miss is exciting; even shocking.
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Rarer are stories of near misses of Earth by cosmic projectiles.
neighbour
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A fellow farmer and near neighbour in Duns, Ian was an enthusiastic amateur racing driver.
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A near neighbour was recruited as a support worker and she too began to become involved in the family arguments.
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The library of course was gutted, but Walker Books, a near neighbour of the school, is coming to the rescue.
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The nearest neighbour , a farmer well into his seventies, was more than five miles and a range of low hills away.
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Charlton Heston lived on the other side and Warren Beatty was also a near neighbour .
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Does your nearest neighbour have a higher profile in the area?
neighbours
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In those days, it was a community and most people knew their near neighbours well.
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She was here alone with him, miles from the nearest neighbours .
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The result was a network of 50,000 cortical points, each connected to its nearest neighbours by a line.
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But the church's plans are not popular with the vicarage's nearest neighbours .
post
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Silvinho swung the ball in at pace to the near post , where Chris Armstrong glanced it into his own net.
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Norbury crossed with an overhead kick and Dublin stabbed a close-range shot inside the near post .
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The ball rolls slowly inside the near post .
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Paul Bosvelt's cross to the near post appeared to be converted by Kluivert and was credited as such by the referee.
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Palace spurned numerous chances before Coleman headed in Southgate's cross at the near post after 56 minutes.
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Molby swung in the free-kick and Saunders met it perfectly with his head on the near post to score a spectacular goal.
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Ripley beat Paul Parker on the left, cut inside and hit a low cross to the near post .
relative
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Specially trained staff interviewed the parents or the nearest relative of any study child who died.
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Also, as Sheila Silcock's article highlights, the nearest relative may be unaware of their rights under the Act.
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The three woodpeckers are different from their nearest relatives in Java and Borneo.
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Outside the compound of the bride's parents the processions were met by similar processional parties of near relatives of the bride.
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Anything above this is divided between your spouse and parents or nearest relatives , like a brother.
rival
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In January, polls showed Dole was leading his nearest rival by 23 percentage points.
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Their hosts are Halstead's nearest rivals for survival.
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With their nearest rival , Tesco, they've become far and away the most popular places to do the weekly shop.
side
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In total the maria cover some 16 % of the Moon's surface-mostly on the near side .
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The near side of the Moon was thoroughly photographed and measured.
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As the piston is pushed the near side opens and the air pressure closes the back flap.
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Most of the near side of the Moon is bright, rough, high terrain, called the lunar highlands.
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Cross to tarmac track on the far side of toilet block ahead, ignoring track on near side.
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The near side will also appear to be thicker than the far side.
term
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In the near term , it does not intend to pay any dividends, instead ploughing all profits back.
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To be competitive, Prodigy is working to achieve feature parity with other on-line services in the near term .
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The solution has been to concentrate a lot of the debt relief in the near term .
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In the near term , the outlook is mixed.
thing
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A little bit of sleep was the nearest thing to consolation left for people like us.
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So let us accept that I am the nearest thing to a father that Nana has available.
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The Algonquin is the nearest thing I have to a home away from home.
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A fast ride on a racing bicycle is the nearest thing in this world to man-powered flight.
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Here was perhaps the nearest thing to alchemy that had ever been seen in the field of politics.
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Still, as Jane belonged nowhere, Sussex became the nearest thing to home.
town
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It all seemed a thousand miles from the nearest town , though in actuality it might be only five or six.
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We picked up the bodies of the two cops and took them to the nearest town .
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He went into the nearest town and bought a proper shovel.
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I had driven to Gondal, the nearest town , to make phone calls and have a wash.
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From Calais to Albert, the nearest town to Thiepval, is but a two hour drive.
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I offered to take them into the nearest town for tea.
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Yet another amazing coincidence, to meet in such a small place more than 100 miles from the nearest town !
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Internal flight to Poprad, the nearest town , then transport to point of access into the mountains.
village
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It stood some way from the nearest village on the road from Brünn to Olmütz.
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The nearest village to Stenay is Baaion.
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Christopher's potter friend lived in a farmhouse and the nearest village was called Bourg de Visa.
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The nearest village was about five miles away.
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We met one nomad driving 40 head of cattle in the baking sun, hours from the nearest village .
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He then grabbed the reins and drove back along the road, leaving the wounded post-boy to stagger to the nearest village .
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Then they set off over the fields for the nearest village , two miles away.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Martha has to drive 20 miles to the nearest doctor.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Also, as Sheila Silcock's article highlights, the nearest relative may be unaware of their rights under the Act.
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And those are just a few with Hall of Fame or near Hall of Fame credentials.
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At least things are moving now on 2807 and we may have more news in the near future.
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Other men in the car were watching them too, and the near ones were listening.
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She'd reach for the nearest man, and pull.
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The nearest lakes are Derwentwater and the larger Ullswater where you can take a cruise.
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You know how far it was from our farm to the nearest golf course?
III. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
live
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So, too, do those people in towns who have the misfortune to live near the wrong warehouse.
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For example, even those who did live near their kin did not see them especially often.
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Airports attract hotels and businesses; they employ large numbers of well-paid staff who like to live near their work.
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Such risk assessment is sometimes complicated by the pressure from relatives who do not live near .
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Parents and children will live near to other relatives or even share a house with them.
now
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The alliance is now nearing a series of big decisions.
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The rolling infantry battle was now nearing the edge of the plateau.
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The number of known NEAs of all sizes is now nearing four hundred.
■ NOUN
end
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It is more likely that it was an old, sick or diseased specimen that was nearing the end of its life.
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One such plan was widely discussed as the decade neared its end .
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Redundancies have by no means been restricted to those nearing the end of their careers or whose job performance has been subject to criticism.
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Is he nearing the end of his career?
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A railcoach from Bispham nearing the end of its journey to the Airport at Squires Gate in 1960. 3.
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That work is nearing an end now.
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Sir Galahad nearing the end of his quest.
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Hubbell is nearing the end of a 21-month federal sentence.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Nearer my God to Thee
be at/near etc the end of your rope
near enough
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At noon they saw it; then they were near enough to hear it.
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Filmer had been sitting with his back to me, it was true, but near enough to overhear.
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He is near enough to hear them calling, the words bounced and steered and elongated by the contours of the land.
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Jones and Brewer have had a long series of injuries, but both are near enough to fitness and form.
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No one was near enough to accost her or wonder about her presence.
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The Trojans were almost near enough to set the ships on fire.
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When he saw me, he leaned on his shovel until I was near enough to shake hands.
near the knuckle
not anything like/near
not anywhere near
nowhere near
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After eight hours climbing, we were still nowhere near the top of the mountain.
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The car was parked in the middle of the street, nowhere near the curb.
the Near East
too close/near for comfort
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At times, the similarities are too close for comfort , edging towards the derivative.
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But our last memory was of a nightingale pair, singing in competition in territories perhaps too close for comfort .
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Cross-addictions may be hotly denied because the subject matter may for some be too close for comfort .
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In a wave trough I caught a glimpse of a coral head to port: a little too close for comfort .
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Lightning dipped and veered in a manner which was far too close for comfort .
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Richard, and you quite see why, finds economy airline seats too close for comfort .
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The movement brought him too close for comfort .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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As she neared her home she could see a light in the window.
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As the deadline neared, both sides agreed to continue talking.
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Nevins is nearing 40 but still looks boyish.
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Work is nearing completion.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Or it may be that the race is in fact tightening up as the Nov. 5 Election Day nears.
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She neared the exit with relief.
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The Worth Valley Railway's standard class four 2-6-4T 80002 nears completion.
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Then, as we neared home again, I noticed Iobates' bodyguard hiding in ambush.
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When the temperature nears 100, pets can get overheated even when riding in air-conditioned cars.