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1. (adv.) nigh
near in space, time, or relation.
2. nigh
nearly; almost (often fol. by on or onto).
3. (adj.) nigh
near; approaching.
4. nigh
short or direct.
5. nigh
(of an animal or vehicle) being on the left side.
6. (v.t.) nigh
Archaic. approach.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME nigh(e), neye, OE nēah, nēh, c. OFris
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) near, close, nigh
not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
"near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call"
2. (adverb) near(a), nigh(a)
being on the left side
"the near or nigh horse is the one on the left"; "the animal's left side is its near or nigh side"
3. (adverb) near, nigh, close
near in time or place or relationship
"as the wedding day drew near"; "stood near the door"; "don't shoot until they come near"; "getting near to the true explanation"; "her mother is always near"; "The end draws nigh"; "the bullet didn't come close"; "don't get too close to the fire"
4. (adverb) about, almost, most, nearly, near, nigh, virtually, well-nigh
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
"the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees"
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1. (adj) nigh
in a situation near in place or time, or in the course of events; near
2. (adj) nigh
almost; nearly; as, he was nigh dead
3. nigh
not distant or remote in place or time; near
4. nigh
not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate
5. nigh
to draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near
6. nigh
near to; not remote or distant from
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Sense: an old word for near.
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 Afrikaans: naby |
 Arabic: كلِمَة قديمَه بِمَعْنى: ق |
 Bulgarian: близо |
 Brazilian: perto |
 Czech: blízko |
 German: nahe |
 Danish: nær |
 Greek: πλησίον |
 Spanish: cerca |
 Estonian: lähedal |
 Farsi: قريب |
 Finnish: lähellä |
 French: près (de) |
 Hebrew: קָרוֹב |
 Hindi: पास में, निकट |
 Croatian: blizu, tik do |
 Hungarian: közel |
 Indonesian: dekat |
 Icelandic: nálægur, nærri |
 Italian: vicino, presso |
 Japanese: 近くに |
 Korean: 가까이에 |
 Lithuanian: arti, netoli |
 Latvian: tuvu; tuvumā |
 Malay: hampir |
 Dutch: nabij |
 Norwegian: nær (ved) |
 Polish: blisko |
 Persian: قريب |
 Pashto: نږدى |
 Portuguese: perto |
 Romanian: aproape |
 Russian: близко, рядом |
 Slovak: blízko, pri |
 Slovenian: blizu |
 Serbian: blizu |
 Swedish: nära |
 Thai: ใกล้มาถึง |
 Turkish: yakın |
 Taiwanese: (古語)接近 |
 Ukrainian: близько, поруч |
 Urdu: قريب |
 Vietnamese: ở gần (từ cổ) |
 Chinese: （古）接近，在附近的 |
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