How to spell near

Near is spelled N-E-A-R.

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What it means: Close to.

In a sentence: The cat is sitting near the window.

Same family: nearby, nearly, nearness, nearest, nearer. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Near” comes from Old English “nearu,” meaning ‘narrow’ or ‘close,’ and over time its meaning shifted to focus on closeness in distance and in relationships. It is related to words in other Germanic languages that also mean ‘close’ or ‘tight.’

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