Definitions for nearness
near·ness

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nearness, closenessnoun

   the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance

   "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action"

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1. nearnessnoun

   The state of being near.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Nearnessnoun

   Etymology: from near.

   1. Closeness; not remoteness; approach.

   God, by reason of nearness, forbad them to be like the Canaanites or Egyptian. Richard Hooker, b. iv. s. 6.

   Fine and delicate sculptures be helped with nearness, and gross with distance; which was well seen in the controversy between Phidias and Alcmenes about the statue of Venus. Henry Wotton, Architecture.

   Those blessed spirits that are in such a nearness to God, may well be all fire and love, but you at such a distance cannot find the effects of it. Brian Duppa.

   The best rule is to be guided by the nearness, or distance at which the repetitions are placed in the original. Alexander Pope.

   2. Alliance of blood or affection.

   Whether there be any secret passages of sympathy between persons of near blood; as, parents, children, brothers and sisters. There be many reports in history, that upon the death of persons of such nearness, men have had an inward feeling of it. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   3. Tendency to avarice; caution of expence.

   It shews in the king a nearness, but yet with a kind of justness. So these little grains of gold and silver, helped not a little to make up the great heap. Francis Bacon, Hen. VII.

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1. nearness

   NEAR or Near

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1. nearness

   Nearness is the quality or condition of being physically close to someone or something in proximity. It can also refer to the degree of closeness in a relationship or similarity between things. Generally, it refers to a close or intimate state or situation.

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1. Nearnessnoun

   the state or quality of being near; -- used in the various senses of the adjective

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1. • Distance

Anagrams for nearness »

1. ensnares

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of nearness in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of nearness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of nearness in a Sentence

1. Woodrow Wilson:

   The way you let your hand rest in mine, my bewitching Sweetheart, fills me with happiness. It is the perfection of confiding love. Everything you do, the little unconscious things in particular, charms me and increases my sense of nearness to you, identification with you, till my heart is full to overflowing.

2. Thomas Jefferson:

   Perfect happiness I believe was never intended by the deity to be the lot of any one of his creatures in this world; but that he has very much put in our power the nearness of our approaches to it, is what I as stedfastly believe.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=nearness
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nearness
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=nearness
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nearness
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nearness