Come Near

Definition: Come Near

Come Near

Verb

1. Almost do or experience something; "She came near to screaming with fear".

2. Move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer".

3. Metaphorically, as in time; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Come Near

Approach

Verb: approach, approximate, appropinquate; near; get near, go near, draw near; come to close quarters, come near; move towards, set in towards; drift; make up to; gain upon; pursue; tread on the heels of; bear up; make the land; hug the shore, hug the land.

Interjection: come hither! approach! here! come! come near! forward!

Crosswords: Come Near

I would if it didn't give me a shock every time I come near it! (Driving Miss Daisy; writing credit: Alfred Uhry)

You don't come near the girl, Doc. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

I want you to leave right now, stay far away from me, and don't come near me again. (North by Northwest; writing credit: Ernest Lehman)

When you come near a song let me know! (Animal Crackers; writing credit: George S. Kaufman; Morrie Ryskind)

Every time that I come near her (Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic; performing artist: The Police)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

But not a single bee has come near it yet.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "come near": come near to doing smth. ♦ to come near ♦ To come near to. Additional references.

Czech

málem nìco udìlat (come near to doing smth.). (various references)

Finnish

olla vähällä (narrowly escape). (various references)

German

heranrücken (advance, approach, draw near, push up), herankommen (draw alongside, draw near). (various references)

Greek 

λίγο λείπω να (come near to). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�'שת (approach, near, set to, start). (various references)

Hungarian

megközelít (approach, gain on, gain up, to approach, to be near, to come near, to near, to near to), majdnem megtesz vmit (to come near to, to come near to doing sg), közelebb jön (to come near, to draw near), közel áll (to be near, to come near), hasonlít (look alike, to be near, to bear a resemblance, to come near, to resemble). (various references)

Italian

avvicinare (accost, approach, brign near, bring near, near), approssimarsi (approach, approximate, near, near at hand). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

近づける (to associate with, to bring near, to let come near, to put close), 近付ける (to associate with, to bring near, to let come near, to put close), 溺れ損なう (to come near being drowned), 差し掛かる (to approach, to come near to). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おぼれそ�"なう (to come near being drowned), さしかかる (to approach, to come near to), ちかづける (to associate with, to bring near, to let come near, to put close). (various references)

Pig Latin

omecay earnay

Portuguese

aproximar-se (approach, approximate, come, come on, draw nearer). (various references)

Romanian

fi aproape sã. (various references)

Spanish

acercarse a (accost, advance on, approach, bear down on, border, gain on, gain upon, stand in to), acercarse (advance, approach, approximate, bear down upon, come close, come closer, come on, come up, draw near, draw on, go up, pop across, pop by, pop over, pop round, pull up, ride up, verge, verge on). (various references)

Turkish

yaklaşmak (approach, approximate, be pushing, bear down on, close, come close to, come on, come up, converge, draw, draw close, draw near, draw on, get hotter, get warmer, go on for, near, push, step up, verge, walk up, walk up to). (various references)

Ukrainian

наближатися (approach, appropinquate, approximate, be anear, draw, near, nigh, verge, wear). (various references)

accedam, accedamus, accedant, accedas, accedat, accede, accedebant, accedemus, accedens, accedensque, accedent, accedente, accedentem, accedentes, accedentia, accedentibus, accedentque, accedere, accederent, accederet, accederetis, accedes, accedesque, accedet, accedetisque, accedit, accedite, accedo, accedunt, accesserint, accesseris, accesserit, accesserunt, accesseruntque, accessi, accessimus, accessissent, accessisset, accessisti, accessistis, accessit, accessitque, accessu, accessum, accessuri. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: corneae, menacer, romance.

-2 letters: amerce, careen, carmen, cornea, enamor, encore, macron, meaner, menace, moaner, moreen, ocreae, raceme, recane, rename.

-3 letters: acorn, ameer, cameo, caner, canoe, carom, comae, comer, crane, cream, creme, crone, enema, enorm, macer, macon, macro, manor, morae, nacre, namer, narco, ocean, ocrea, racon, ramee, ramen, rance, ranee, recon, reman, roman.

-4 letters: acme.

+1 letter: geomancer.

+2 letters: camerlengo, ceremonial, cinemagoer, coenamored, commandeer, geomancers.

+3 letters: actinometer, amenorrheic, camerawomen, camerlengos, ceremonials, cinemagoers, commandeers, necromancer, performance, scaremonger.

+4 letters: accouterment, accoutrement, actinometers, adrenochrome, aeromagnetic, aeromedicine, cameraperson, ceremonially, commandeered, commanderies, commensurate, commentaries, conglomerate, counterimage, cytomembrane, enantiomeric, encroachment, geometrician, intercompare, necromancers, necromancies, nomenclature, nonmetameric, performances, predominance, remonstrance, scaremongers, servicewoman.

+5 letters: accouterments, accoutrements, actinometries, adrenalectomy, adrenochromes, aeromechanics, aeromedicines, camerapersons, ceremonialism, ceremonialist, commandeering, commensurable, compartmented, complementary, comradeliness, concertmaster, conglomerated, conglomerates, counterdemand, counterimages, countermanded, counterstream, craniometries, cytomembranes, documentaries, electromagnet, encephalogram, encouragement, encroachments, ferromagnetic, geometricians, intercompared, intercompares, laryngectomee, lowerclassmen, magnetometric, marchionesses, mercerization, neurochemical, nomenclatures, oneiromancies, overdominance, predominances, rapprochement, recommendable, recontaminate, remonstrances, semiporcelain, spermatogenic, thermonuclear.