Definitions for nearest
near·est

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1. nearest, nighest, closestadverb

   (superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance

   "that was the time he came nearest to death"

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1. nearestadjective

   closest to,

2. nearestpreposition

   closest to

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1. nearest

   NEAR or Near

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1. nearest

   Nearest refers to the smallest distance or the closest proximity to a specific point, location, object, or person. It implies a relative position that is physically or conceptually closer than any other.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'nearest' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4630

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'nearest' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3610

Anagrams for nearest »

1. earnest

2. Earnest

3. eastern

4. sterane

5. estrane

How to pronounce nearest?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say nearest in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of nearest in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of nearest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of nearest in a Sentence

1. Thomas Fuller:

   A good friend is my nearest relation.

2. Barbara Hall:

   One of the things that keeps you from dropping them in the nearest volcano is that you had to work too hard to get them. You had to cry, you had to scream, you had to sweat, you had to cuss out health care officials, and when that's all over with, you'll be willing to put up with a lot more from your kids.

3. Cato the Elder:

   I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

4. Kiki Freedman:

   It's estimated that there will be a 3000 % increase in people whose nearest abortion clinic would be in California, and nearly an 8700 % increase in people whose nearest abortion clinic would be in Illinois when Roe is overturned, in a post-Roe world, abortion care via mail will likely become the most viable form of access for most of the country.

5. David Slusky:

   When distance to the nearest clinic increases, rates of preventative care go down.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=nearest
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nearest
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nearest
4. ^ ChatGPT
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