nearest

  • 1nearest — nearest, next are both superlative forms of near, but they are not always interchangeable. Nearest may be used wherever the intent is merely to indicate the highest degree of propinquity (as in space, time, or kinship) {the nearest house is five… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 2nearest — [nir′ist] adv., adj. superl. of NEAR prep. least distant from; closest to [the planet nearest the sun] * * * …

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  • 3nearest — [nir′ist] adv., adj. superl. of NEAR prep. least distant from; closest to [the planet nearest the sun] …

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  • 4nearest — index proximate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 5nearest — adj., adv. nearest to (the park is nearer to our hotel than it is to yours; which stop is nearest to Albert Hall?) USAGE NOTE: When near is an adjective, it is not used in the collocation *near to. (Compare close to.) * * * nearest to (USAGE NOTE …

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  • 6Nearest — Near Near, a. [Compar. {Nearer}; superl. {Nearest}.] [See {Near}, adv.] 1. Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote; close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh. As one near death. Shak. [1913 Webster] He served great Hector, and was… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 7nearest — adj. Nearest is used with these nouns: ↑approximation, ↑challenger, ↑competitor, ↑equivalent, ↑exit, ↑galaxy, ↑neighbour, ↑pub, ↑rival, ↑star, ↑thing …

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  • 8nearest — adverb (superlative of near or close ) within the shortest distance that was the time he came nearest to death • Syn: ↑nighest, ↑closest • Usage Domain: ↑superlative …

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  • 9Nearest neighbor search — (NNS), also known as proximity search, similarity search or closest point search, is an optimization problem for finding closest points in metric spaces. The problem is: given a set S of points in a metric space M and a query point… …

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  • 10Nearest and Dearest — First Series (DVD) Format Comedy Created by Vince Powell Harry Drive …

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