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Definitions for nearest
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. nearest, nighest, closestadverb

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

    "that was the time he came nearest to death"

Wiktionary

  1. nearestadjective

    closest to,

  2. nearestpreposition

    closest to

Wikipedia

  1. nearest

    NEAR or Near

ChatGPT

  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

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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. Advocate General Priit Pikamae:

    A passenger biting other passengers and attacking the cabin crew trying to calm him down, resulting in the deviation of a Lisbon-Fortaleza flight to the nearest airport in order to disembark this passenger and his baggage, leading to a flight delay, falls under the concept of extraordinary circumstances.

  2. Joseph Conrad:

    For the great mass of mankind, the only saving grace needed is a steady fidelity to what is nearest to hand and heart for the short moment of each human effort.

  3. Bhaskar Gorti:

    I personally think we have a at least 2 to 3 years or more lead on our nearest competitor Ericsson (in software).

  4. Philo Judaeus:

    The air is full of souls those who are nearest to earth descending to be tied to mortal bodies return to other bodies, desiring to live in them.

  5. Valeria Kolchic:

    I do not have a shelter in the building, every time I hear a siren, I run to hide at the nearest subway station.

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