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v. approach (a time or a place)
 
prep. close to; in the vicinity
 
adv. close by; close in time; almost
 
adj. close; close in time; closer; intimate; of the last moment; stingy; left-handed

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NEAR Shoemaker
The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous – Shoemaker (NEAR Shoemaker), renamed after its 1996 launch in honor of planetary scientist Eugene Shoemaker, was a robotic space probe designed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory for NASA to study the near-Earth asteroid Eros from close orbit over a period of a year. The mission succeeded in closing in with the asteroid and orbited it several times, finally terminating by touching down on the asteroid on 12 February 2001.

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Verb
1. move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"
(synonym) approach, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come near
(hypernym) come, come up
(hyponym) drive up
(entail) advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
(verb-group) approach, come near

Adjective
1. not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances; "near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call"
(synonym) close
(antonym) far
(similar) adjacent
(attribute) distance
2. being on the left side; "the near or nigh horse is the one on the left"; "the animal's left side is its near or nigh side"
(synonym) near(a), nigh(a)
(similar) left
3. closely resembling the genuine article; "near beer"; "a dress of near satin"
(similar) artificial, unreal
4. giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
(synonym) cheeseparing, close, penny-pinching
(similar) stingy, ungenerous
5. with or in a close or intimate relationship; "a good friend"; "my sisters and brothers are near and dear"
(synonym) dear, good
(similar) close
6. very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness"
(synonym) approximate
(similar) close

Adverb
1. near in time or place or relationship; "as the wedding day drew near"; "stood near the door"; "don't shoot until they come near"; "getting near to the true explanation"; "her mother is always near"; "The end draws nigh"; "the bullet didn't come close"; "don't get too close to the fire"
(synonym) nigh, close
2. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for `nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for `almost'; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees"
(synonym) about, just about, almost, most, all but, nearly, nigh, virtually, well-nigh


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v. blížit se
 
předlož. blízko
 
přísl. blízko; téměř
 
příd.jm. blízký

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Czas. zbliżać się
 
Przysł blisko; niedaleko
 
Przym. bliski; niedaleki; prawie