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  • 101propinquity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. nearness; vicinity, proximity; adjacency; relation; juxtaposition. Ant., distance. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Proximity] Syn. nearness, contiguity, concurrence; see proximity . 2. [Kinship] Syn.… …

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  • 102vicinity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. neighborhood, locality, vicinage; nearness, proximity, environs, environment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. proximity, nearness, neighborhood; see environment , region 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n.… …

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  • 10338. SAAD (Saad) — In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful. 1. Saad. By the renowned Quran. 2. Those who disbelieve are steeped in arrogance and defiance. 3. How many generations have We destroyed before them? They cried out when it was too late to escape. 4 …

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  • 104near — {{11}}near (adv.) O.E. near closer, nearer, comparative of neah, neh nigh. Influenced by O.N. naer near, it came to be used as a positive form mid 13c., and new comparative nearer developed 1500s (see NIGH (Cf. nigh)). As an adjective from c.1300 …

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  • 105proximity — late 15c., from M.Fr. proximité nearness (14c.), from L. proximitatem (nom. proximitas) nearness, vicinity, from proximus nearest, superlative of prope near (see PROPINQUITY (Cf. propinquity)). Proximal is first recorded 1727 …

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  • 106close — I SHUTTING OR COMPLETING ♦ closes, closing, closed (Pronounced [[t]klo͟ʊz[/t]] in close 1 and 3, and [[t]klo͟ʊs[/t]] in close 2 and 4.) 1) V ERG When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or… …

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  • 107near — [[t]nɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦ nearer, nearest, nears, nearing, neared 1) PREP If something is near a place, thing, or person, it is a short distance from them. Don t come near me... Her children went back every year to stay in a farmhouse near the cottage …

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  • 108propinquity — n. 1. Nearness, proximity, vicinity, neighborhood, contiguity, adjacence. 2. Kindred, affinity, nearness of blood, relationship, consanguinity, connection …

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  • 109proximity — n. 1. Nearness. 2. Nearness, contiguity, adjacency, vicinity, vicinage, neighborhood …

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  • 110contact — n Contact, touch mean the state or fact of coming into direct connection or close association with someone or something. Contact implies the mutual relation between two bodies that impinge upon each other {the tangent at its point of contact with …

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