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How to pronounce “near”
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Pronunciation guide for near
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of near with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Big Data Combats Cancer
had achieved a near complete response.
- Definition summary
- Physically close.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce near
Big Data Combats Cancer
had achieved a near complete response.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “near”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Physically close.
- Close in time.
- Closely connected or related.
- Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear.
- Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling.
- So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow.
- Approximate, almost.
- (British, in relation to a vehicle) On the side nearest to the kerb (the left-hand side if one drives on the left).
- (dated) Next to the driver, when he is on foot; (US) on the left of an animal or a team.
- (obsolete) Immediate; direct; close; short.
- (now rare) Stingy; parsimonious. [from 17th c.]
- (programming, not comparable) Within the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
- [Adverb]
- At or towards a position close in space or time. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- Nearly; almost.
- [Preposition]
- Physically close to, in close proximity to.
- Close to in time.
- Close to in nature or degree.
- [Verb]
- (ambitransitive) To come closer to; to approach.
- [Noun]
- The left side of a horse or of a team of horses pulling a carriage etc.
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Similar Sounds
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