neared
past simple and past participle ofnear
near
verb[IorT]
uk/nɪər/us/nɪr/to getcloseto something indistance,time, orstate:
I'mpleasedto say theprojectis nearingcompletion.
As theweddingdayneared, Istartedto have secondthoughtsabout gettingmarried.
Thecaptainswitchedon theseatbeltsignas we neared theairport.
Synonym
approach
Closeness in distance and time
- a hair's breadthidiom
- a stone's throwidiom
- about
- ace
- anywhere
- anywhere nearidiom
- approachable
- around
- float
- float around
- hand to handidiom
- hard by
- here
- proximity
- roof
- round the corneridiom
- shadow
- shout
- step
- super-convenient
Examplesofneared
neared
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The board of trade's opposition to the control of prices in war became increasingly firm as warneared.
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Beginning in 1983, the country experienced annual record-breaking trade deficits; by the summer of 1985 the deficitnearedan unprecedented $150 billion.
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Put simply, something different was happening as the processnearedits end.
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Over this water potential range, the rate of after-ripening slowed as seedsnearedcompletion of after-ripening.
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The level of detail was high : estimates for each sprayer's daily choresneared8.6 houses (an average that subsequently increased).
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The joint family household form became more predominant as headsnearedthe age of 60.
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As the 1984 electionsneared, the 'fairness issue' began to play an increasingly significant role in policy decisions.
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Almost all of these advance directives requested that life-sustaining treatments be f orgone as deathneared, and treatment was f orgone in 98% of the deaths.
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The stay at the monastery had brought no definitive agreement over libretto or music for the work's final scene, and, as the performancesneared, the arguments intensified.
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I was going to argue with him more strongly, if he had not seemed, so to speak, to join us as henearedthe tape.
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The vehicles were travelling together but became separated, and the second vehicle was ambushed by bandits as itneareda road bend.
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Such an arrangement meant in effect that the vast majority of prison officers, as theynearedretirement, had no house of their own and little prospect of obtaining a mortgage.
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He has nownearedthe border.
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As the starshipnearedits destination, the outer portion of the sail would detach.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As the reservoirnearedcompletion, run-down of the line started in 1904.
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- nuance
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- nuanced view
- nub
- nubile
- nubuck
- norm
- normal
- normal activity
- normal bundle
- normal-bundle
- normal cell
- normal channel
- normal circumstance
- normal condition
- normal curve
- normal delivery
- normal diet
- normal distribution
- normal-distribution
- normal fare