Nearness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/nˌɪɹnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/nˌiənəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/nˌiənəs/

2 syllables Say it as /nˌɪɹnəs/.

Examples

the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

closeness

Antonyms

farness

Parts of Speech

noun	the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance “the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action”

Word Forms

near	adjective	not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
close	adjective	not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Nähe

die räumliche Eigenschaft, die sich aus einem relativ geringen Abstand ergibt

🇫🇷French

proximité

la propriété spatiale résultant d'une distance relativement petite

🇪🇸Spanish

cercanía

la propiedad espacial resultante de una distancia relativamente pequeña

🇮🇹Italian

vicinanza

la proprietà spaziale risultante da una distanza relativamente piccola

🇳🇱Dutch

nabijheid

de ruimtelijke eigenschap die voortvloeit uit een relatief kleine afstand

🇵🇹Portuguese

proximidade

a propriedade espacial resultante de uma distância relativamente pequena

🇷🇺Russian

близость

пространственное свойство, возникающее из-за относительно небольшого расстояния

India

🇮🇳Hindi

निकटता

अपेक्षाकृत कम दूरी से उत्पन्न होने वाली स्थानिक संपत्ति

🇧🇩Bengali

কাছাকাছি

তুলনামূলকভাবে ছোট দূরত্বের ফলে স্থানিক সম্পত্তি

🇮🇳Tamil

அருகாமை

ஒப்பீட்டளவில் சிறிய தூரத்தின் விளைவாக இடஞ்சார்ந்த சொத்து

🇮🇳Telugu

సామీప్యత

సాపేక్షంగా తక్కువ దూరం నుండి వచ్చే ప్రాదేశిక ఆస్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

जवळीक

तुलनेने लहान अंतरामुळे उद्भवणारी स्थानिक मालमत्ता

🇮🇳Gujarati

નિકટતા

પ્રમાણમાં નાના અંતરના પરિણામે અવકાશી મિલકત

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಾಮೀಪ್ಯ

ತುಲನಾತ್ಮಕವಾಗಿ ಕಡಿಮೆ ಅಂತರದಿಂದ ಉಂಟಾಗುವ ಪ್ರಾದೇಶಿಕ ಆಸ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സാമീപ്യം

താരതമ്യേന ചെറിയ ദൂരത്തിൻ്റെ ഫലമായ സ്ഥലപരമായ സ്വത്ത്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਨੇੜਤਾ

ਮੁਕਾਬਲਤਨ ਛੋਟੀ ਦੂਰੀ ਦੇ ਨਤੀਜੇ ਵਜੋਂ ਸਥਾਨਿਕ ਸੰਪਤੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

قربت

نسبتاً چھوٹے فاصلے کے نتیجے میں مقامی جائیداد

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

接近度

由相对较小的距离产生的空间属性

🇯🇵Japanese

近い

比較的短い距離から生じる空間特性

🇰🇷Korean

가까움

상대적으로 작은 거리에서 발생하는 공간적 특성

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự gần gũi

thuộc tính không gian do khoảng cách tương đối nhỏ

🇹🇭Thai

ความใกล้ชิด

คุณสมบัติเชิงพื้นที่อันเป็นผลมาจากระยะทางที่ค่อนข้างน้อย

🇮🇩Indonesian

dekatnya

properti spasial yang dihasilkan dari jarak yang relatif kecil

🇵🇭Filipino

lapit

ang spatial property na nagreresulta mula sa medyo maliit na distansya

🇲🇾Malay

kedekatan

sifat spatial yang terhasil daripada jarak yang agak kecil

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

القرب

الخاصية المكانية الناتجة عن مسافة صغيرة نسبيا

🇮🇷Persian

نزدیکی

ویژگی فضایی ناشی از فاصله نسبتاً کوچک

🇹🇷Turkish

yakınlık

nispeten küçük bir mesafeden kaynaklanan mekansal özellik

🇮🇱Hebrew

קִרבָה

התכונה המרחבית הנובעת ממרחק קטן יחסית

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