nearest

adjectiveprepositioncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈnɪəɹɪst//
United States//ˈnɪɹɪst//

Closest to.

adjective

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Also a form of nearsuperlative form of near: most near
Where is the nearest bus stop?
I calculated the cost to the nearest 50 dollars.

preposition

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Closest to.
Mercury is the planet nearest the Sun.
Fastening one end of this at that point of the trunk of the tree which was nearest the peg, he unrolled it till it reached the peg and thence further unrolled it, in the direction already established by the two points of the tree and the peg, for the distance of fifty feet[…]

Near · A surname.nearby · Adjacent, near, close by.nearer · Less distant; comparative form of near: more near.

nearest · Closest to.

Nearing · A surname from German.nearly · In close approximation; almost, virtually.neat · Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.