nearness

«nearness» in Mova's school dictionary: Being close in distance — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (nearness — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Being close in distance. tree →

2) Being close in time, as in "the nearness of the holidays". tree →

3) Being close in a relationship or feeling. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in everyday talk and stories about place, time and people: the nearness of the sea, the nearness of exams, a feeling of nearness to a friend.

examples

• The nearness of the school means I can walk there. tree →
• We loved the nearness of the beach. tree →
• The nearness of Christmas made everyone excited. tree →
• The nearness of the storm made the dog nervous. tree →
• She felt a nearness to her grandmother when she read her letters. tree →
• The nearness of the two planets made them look like one bright star. tree →
• The house's nearness to the motorway made it noisy. tree →
• Yet there was no sign to tell her of their nearness. tree →

note

Uncountable. From "near" + "-ness". Similar: "closeness", "proximity" (formal).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «nearness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.