Word

near, v.
(neared, nearing, nears)
freq. cnt. 11

move towards
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 71 freq. cnt.: 46 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2

approach come near come on draw close draw near go up near

sample sentences

"We were approaching our destination"
"They are drawing near"
"The enemy army came nearer and nearer"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

approachable approach approach

semantic pointers

hypernym

come, come up

verb group

approach, come near

hyponym

drive up bear down on, bear down upon edge up, edge in close push, crowd

entailment

go on, advance, move on, progress, march on, pass on