nearest thing
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnearandthing
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near
adjective[before noun]
uk/nɪər/us/nɪr/
not far away in distance, time, characteristics, ...
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thing
noun
uk/θɪŋ/us/θɪŋ/
used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid ...
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(Definition ofnearandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In an almost parallel movement, thenearestthingto philology which went on in schools - the teaching of grammar - was also progressively eradicated from the school curriculum.
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Thenearestthingthey have to a holiday is taking part in a riot or joyriding.
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Thenearestthingappears to be the suggestion about people owning second homes.
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It is thenearestthingthat we have to a detention cell.
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Thenearestthingto an alternative strategy is the statutory control of prices and incomes.
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It is thenearestthingto political perpetual motion that you will ever come across.
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The commission's proposal was thenearestthingto leaving the county as it was.
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It is thenearestthingthat we have to a self-enforcing law in motoring.
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It is thenearestthingto an absolute in politics.
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Thenearestthingwe can come to justice in this country is trial by jury.
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It is thenearestthingto unfettered power that we have in this country.
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Perhaps privatisation is thenearestthingto it, but that is no substitute.
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It becomes thenearestthingwe have to an official translation.
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That is thenearestthingto selling gold for yen.
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They did this because it was thenearestthingto the figures which were required.
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I believe it is thenearestthingto an inhuman factory system you can get.
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I feel that it is thenearestthingto a borderline case.
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It wished a broad steer, and this letter is thenearestthingto a broad steer that we have.
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It is thenearestthingthat we shall be getting to some sort of review of the disciplinary code of the police.
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Very often he is treated in the countries to which he is accredited as thenearestthingto a spy.
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