nearest town

collocation in English

meaningsofnearandtown

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near
adjective[before noun]
uk
/nɪər/us
/nɪr/
not far away in distance, time, characteristics, ...
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town
noun
uk
/taʊn/us
/taʊn/
a place where people live and work, containing many houses, shops, places of work, places of entertainment, etc., and usually larger than a village but smaller than ...
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(Definition ofnearandtownfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There was no electricity, no running water, and the few dirt roads connecting the settlements to thenearesttownturned into a quagmire after every rain.
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The site is 34 km from the nearest areas of permanent domicile and nearly 70 km by road from thenearesttown.
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Traditional medical practitioners are the only source of treatment for day-to-day ailments; for problems of a more serious nature, people have to travel to thenearesttown.
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Thenearesttownwhich offers a bank and other services is about six miles away.
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There is a slaughterhouse in thenearesttown.
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Many villagers travel to and from thenearesttown, where they work in factories and workshops.
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Thenearesttownis hundreds of miles away and road haulage is a specialised business.
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One hospital does not take all its patients from thenearesttown.
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The inhabitants often have to work in thenearesttown.
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We could not undertake the task of conveying everybody seven miles to thenearesttown.
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I live in a hamlet in which there is no bus connection to thenearesttown.
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Doctors will, normally, group in thenearesttown.
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In my constituency, many people live miles from thenearesttown.
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They will get into their cars and drive to thenearesttown.
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Many shareholders are retired people living in cottages a long way from thenearesttown.
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We are building between 50 and 60 units for low-cost occupation out in the country, eight miles from thenearesttown.
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In many parts of the country a farmer will go into thenearesttownonly once a week, or perhaps once a fortnight, or even once a month.
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If he is to get the recruits he must provide headquarters in thenearesttownin which the men can train; and would he review the matter?
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Many of my own farmer friends in remote villages where there is no transport regularly convey their workers to thenearesttown.
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