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Definition near- in British English

near- prefix

prefix
/nɪə(r)/
1

almost: used with many nouns and adjectives

Example

It's a near certainty (=it will almost certainly happen).

Example

a near-fatal error

Synonyms and related words
a- aero- Afro- almost nearly hardly
Definition near- in British English

Related Words

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a near relative/relation (phrase) a near thing (phrase) the mark (phrase) to someone’s heart (phrase) damned/damn near (phrase) draw (phrase) from near and far (phrase) in the near future (phrase) near (adjective, adverb, preposition) near (verb) near beer (noun) near enough (phrase) near miss (noun) near the knuckle (phrase) near- (prefix) not anything (phrase) not go near () near () so near (and) yet so far (phrase) the Near East (noun)