nearer
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
- Less distant; comparative form of near.
- There are two pubs in the town; the nearer one is about a five-minute walk away.
- Closer to.
- I'd like to live nearer to the office.
- 1897, H. G. Wells, The Star:
- The star grew—it grew with a terrible steadiness hour after hour, a little larger each hour, a little nearer the midnight zenith, and brighter and brighter, until it had turned night into a second day.
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