nearness
111near — I UK [nɪə(r)] / US [nɪr] adjective, adverb, preposition *** Summary: Near can be used in the following ways: as a preposition: I lived near the school. ♦ I ll write and let you know nearer the time. as an adverb: Come nearer, and I ll tell you… …
112proximity — prox•im•i•ty [[t]prɒkˈsɪm ɪ ti[/t]] n. nearness in place, time, relation, etc • Etymology: 1475–85; < L proximitās nearness, vicinity. See proximal, ity …
113cis- — 1. a prefix denoting relative nearness: cisalpine; cismontane. 2. Chemistry a prefix denoting the nearness of identical atoms or groups attached on the same side of two atoms linked by a double bond. See cis trans isomerism. {Latin cis this side… …
114fear — A state of agitation and anxiety prompted by the nearness or imagined nearness of danger or evil. A basic element of the instinct of self preservation. Fear consists in capitulating to the human instinct of self preservation. The bravest of men… …
115propinquity — [prō piŋ′kwə tē, prōpin′kwə tē] n. [ME propinquite < MFr < L propinquitas < propinquus, near < prope, near] 1. nearness in time or place 2. nearness of relationship; kinship …
116Appropinquity — Ap pro*pin qui*ty, n. [Pref. ad + propinquity.] Nearness; propinquity. [R.] J. Gregory. [1913 Webster] …
117At — At, prep. [AS. [ae]t; akin to OHG. az, Goth., OS., & Icel. at, Sw. [*a]t, Dan. & L. ad.] Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence, nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at the house; to aim at a… …
118At all — At At, prep. [AS. [ae]t; akin to OHG. az, Goth., OS., & Icel. at, Sw. [*a]t, Dan. & L. ad.] Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence, nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at the house; to aim at a …
119At home — At At, prep. [AS. [ae]t; akin to OHG. az, Goth., OS., & Icel. at, Sw. [*a]t, Dan. & L. ad.] Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence, nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at the house; to aim at a …
120At it — At At, prep. [AS. [ae]t; akin to OHG. az, Goth., OS., & Icel. at, Sw. [*a]t, Dan. & L. ad.] Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence, nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at the house; to aim at a …
