Talk:near

This certainly is a preposition. http://machaut.uchicago.edu/?action=search&word=near&resource=Webster's&quicksearch=on --Connel MacKenzie 23:33, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Please read Joan Maling (1983). She has shown it is rather an adjective with which you can omit the preposition to. - TAKASUGI Shinji (talk) 16:24, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Wiktionary:Requests for verification - kept

Kept. See archived discussion of February 2008. 07:01, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

"From Proto-Indo-European *meg'hr-"

... really? Wyang (talk) 03:30, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

I don't know, but if you want to learn more, you can try asking CodeCat (talk • contribs). —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 04:08, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

I've removed the derivation, which was completely unknown to me. It was originally added by an IP in July 2011. No source, justification or explanation given anywhere, and on the face of it, it doesn't merely look implausible or improbable, but downright impossible. There may be some additional steps in between involved, but as long as there is not even so much as a hint at these, I'm not ready to believe this bizarre etymology and I have to assume someone is pulling our collective leg. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 17:46, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

"Near" in Art History

Some modern Art History publications use phrases like "THE PAINTER OF THE AEGINA CHIMAERAS Near the Nessos Painter" [1] with a strange use of word "near", which seems to be a short version of "Attributed to an artist near ..." as in [2]. As far as I understand "THE PAINTER OF THE AEGINA CHIMAERAS Near the Nessos Painter" phrase means that THE PAINTER OF THE AEGINA CHIMAERAS might be the same as "Nessos Painter" judging by the style or it can be someone who has similar style. I do not think that meaning is covered by current definitions listed. How would we add it? --Jarekt (talk) 13:03, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Translations

I think there are several (if not many) "translations" of the adjective which are actually only translations of the adverb 89.0.214.40 23:35, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

draw near

draw near seems to inherit the transitivity of near --Backinstadiums (talk) 20:04, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

Closer of two or more

Take the near street and then turn right --Backinstadiums (talk) 08:14, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

as near as

As accurately as: There were about 3 000 people there, as near as I could judge. --Backinstadiums (talk) 20:07, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

in the near future

In formal contexts, we can use near as an adjective to refer to time with the phrase in the near future meaning ‘soon’. It is usually in end position. We don’t use near as an adjective modifying a noun when it refers to distance: a nearby restaurant. --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:06, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

Adverb: closely with respect to connection or similarity

A near-fatal accident. My position that was near standing.' --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:21, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

near and far

All over; covering a wide area. Often in "from near and far." --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:27, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

Usage note: near to

Near to is not usually used before the name of a place, person, festival, etc. JMGN (talk) 09:46, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Near as a Gradable Preposition

According to the Wikipedia article on grammatical comparison : "[o]ne preposition, near, also has comparative and superlative forms, as in Find the restaurant nearest your house." Note that this is tagged with the dubious warning. There are also example sentences on Wiktionary using the preposition near gradably, e.g. "The compartment nearest the stern in the hold of a ship" from the entry afterpeak, or "The area of a golf course nearest the hole" from putting green, among others. Can somebody verify such use? If this is true, does that make near the only gradable preposition in the English language? Ronaldo sewie (talk) 09:20, 22 September 2024 (UTC)