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Meanings of nearness in English

Portuguese
proximidade
Catalan
rodalies
Spanish
cercanía

The spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance.

proximidade
Synonyms
Examples for "closeness"
Examples for "closeness"
1
But that very closeness has given rise to new dangers, he said.
The Irish Times
2
It shows a new closeness forming between BBC news and the public.
The Guardian
3
Of course the closeness of small towns can provide healing moments too.
News.com.au
4
What about her dangerous closeness to Lord Melbourne, her first Prime Minister?
The Irish Times
5
Others look dimly on Blanco's closeness to free-trade deals outside the WTO.
Reuters
Usage of nearness in English
1
Yes, because you are here; because of the nearness of the houses.
The Claverings
2
Their nearness was an unspeakable comfort to the two in the crevice.
Still Jim
3
Then for the first time she realised the nearness of the water.
The Jungle Girl
4
The nearness of it to the heart of France struck me suddenly.
Everyman's Land
5
The summers are cool, owing to the nearness of the arctic ice-fields.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania
6
The morphia and the sense of her nearness filled him with content.
The Song of the Lark
7
Even Seymour was sobered by the greatness and nearness of the danger.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
8
People need to touch the facts, and nearness in time is contiguity.
The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1
9
At the trial the nearness of his comrades brought Kashirin to himself.
The Seven Who Were Hanged
10
Shells were the only things that apprised us of the Russian nearness.
America's War for Humanity
11
The finishing charm of Luchon is its nearness to the great peaks.
A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees
12
His very nearness made her feel again the scorching of the flame.
Greatheart
13
I was intoxicated with food and drink and the nearness of him.
The Oracle Glass
14
His voice and the knowledge of his nearness gave her new strength.
The Sheik: A Novel
15
It was in Italy, at Sorrento, that I learned of your nearness.
Half a Rogue
16
His sudden sense of her nearness and beauty belied the careless words.
Harriet and the Piper
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Translations for nearness
Portuguese
proximidade
Nearness through the time
Nearness across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common