nearer

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɪəɹə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɪɹɚ/

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• (US, without the mirror–nearer merger) IPA^(key): /ˈnɪəɹə(ɹ)/, /ˈniɹə(ɹ)/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈniəɹə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈniɹəɹ/
• (East Anglia, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛːɹə/
• Rhymes: -ɪəɹə(ɹ)

Adjective

nearer

1. Less distant; comparative form of near: more near.

   There are two pubs in the town; the nearer one is about a five-minute walk away.

Preposition

nearer

1. Closer to.

   I'd like to live nearer the office.

   I’ll tell you nearer the time what to do.

   I still seem to be no nearer a solution.

   • 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.

Derived terms

• mirror-nearer merger

Anagrams

• earner, re-earn, reearn