nearness
Roget-categorie 197
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Nearness
zelfstandig naamwoord
nearness
etc.
adj. —
proximity,
propinquity —
vicinity,
vicinage —
neighborhood,
adjacency —
contiguity
etc.
199.
short distance,
short step,
short cut —
earshot,
close quarters,
stone's throw —
bow shot,
gun shot,
pistol shot —
hair's breadth,
span.
purlieus,
neighborhood,
vicinage,
environs,
alentours [Fr.],
suburbs,
confines,
banlieue†,
borderland —
whereabouts.
bystander —
neighbor,
borderer†.
approach
etc.
286 —
convergence
etc.
290 —
perihelion.
werkwoord
be near
etc.
adj. —
adjoin,
hang about,
trench on —
border upon,
verge upon —
stand by,
approximate,
tread on the heels of,
cling to,
clasp,
hug —
huddle —
hang upon the skirts of,
hover over —
burn.
touch
etc.
199 —
bring near,
draw near
etc.
286 —
converge
etc.
290 —
crowd
etc.
72 —
place side by side
etc.
adv..
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
near,
nigh —
close at hand,
near at hand —
close,
neighboring —
bordering upon,
contiguous,
adjacent,
adjoining —
proximate,
proximal —
at hand,
handy —
near the mark,
near run —
home,
intimate.
bijwoord
near,
nigh —
hard by,
fast by —
close to,
close upon —
hard upon —
at the point of —
next door to —
within reach,
within call,
within hearing,
within earshot —
within an ace of —
but a step,
not far from,
at no great distance —
on the verge of,
on the brink of,
on the skirts of —
in the environs
etc.
n. —
at one's door,
at one's feet,
at one's elbow,
at one's finger's end,
at one's side —
on the tip of one's tongue —
under one's nose —
within a stone's throw
etc.
n. —
in sight of,
in presence of —
at close quarters —
cheek by jole†,
cheek by jowl —
beside,
alongside,
side by side,
tete-a-tete —
in juxtaposition
etc.
(touching)
199 —
yardarm to yardarm,
at the heels of —
on the confines of,
at the threshold,
bordering upon,
verging to —
in the way.
about —
hereabouts,
thereabouts —
roughly,
in round numbers —
approximately,
approximatively† —
as good as,
well-nigh.
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