## Meanings
1. A short distance from someone or something.
2. Only a short distance away in space or time.
3. Only a short distance away.
4. Closely related to you.

## Examples
- There is a bus stop near my house.
- The summer holidays are drawing near.
- The nearest shop is a mile away.
- Only near relatives came to the small wedding.

## Synonyms
- citerior
- close
- immediate
- nearby
- present
- propinquitous
- proximate

## Antonyms
- distant
- off

## Derived Forms
- near-antonym
- near-earth
- near-fall
- near-native
- near-sighted
- near-surface
- near-syncope
- nearable
- nearabout
- nearabouts
- nearbout
- nearby

## Related Forms
- modicum
- next

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: nere
- Root: nēar
- Root: nær
- Root: *nēhwiz
- Root: *h₂neḱ-

## Etymology
From Middle English nere, ner, from Old English nēar (“nearer”, comparative of nēah (“nigh”), the superlative would become next), influenced by Old Norse nær (“near”), both originating from Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz (“nearer”), comparative of the adverb *nēhw (“near”), from the adjective *nēhwaz, ultimately from Pre-Proto-Germanic *h₂nḗḱwos, a lengthened-grade adjective derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian nai, noi, näi (“close, near”), Saterland Frisian nai (“close, near”), Dutch na (“close”), naar (“to, towards”), Dutch Low Saxon nao (“after…

## AI Etymology
Near comes from Middle English nere, ner, from Old English nēar (“nearer”, comparative of nēah (“nigh”), the superlative would become next), influenced by Old Norse nær (“near”), both originating from Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz (“nearer”), comparative of the adverb *nēhw (“near”), from the adjective *nēhwaz, ultimately from Pre-Proto-Germanic *h₂nḗḱwos, a lengthened-grade adjective derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”). In present-day English its meanings include a short distance from someone or something, only a short distance away in space or time, and only a short distance away. The historical chain runs through nere (Middle English), nēar (Old English), nær (Old Norse), *nēhwiz (Proto-Germanic), and *h₂neḱ- (Proto-Indo-European).

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- Grammar & Function Words
- Space, Position & Direction

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