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nigh  (n)

adv. nigh·er, nigh·est

1. Near in time, place, or relationship: Evening draws nigh.

2. Nearly; almost: talked for nigh onto two hours.

adj. nigher, nighest

1. Being near in time, place, or relationship; close. See Synonyms at close.

2.

a. Being on the left side of an animal or vehicle: pulling hard on the nigh rein.

b. Being the animal or vehicle on the left: the nigh horse.

prep.

Not far from; near.

tr. & intr.v. nighed, nigh·ing, nighs

To come near to or draw near.

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[Middle English neigh, from Old English nah, nh.]

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nigh Archaic, poetic

Adverb

nearly

Adjective

near

prep

close to [Old English nēah, nēh]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	nigh - not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances; "near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call" near, close
	2.	nigh - being on the left side; "the near or nigh horse is the one on the left"; "the animal's left side is its near or nigh side" near left - being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; "my left hand"; "left center field"; "the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream"
Adv.	1.	nigh - near in time or place or relationship; "as the wedding day drew near"; "stood near the door"; "don't shoot until they come near"; "getting near to the true explanation"; "her mother is always near"; "The end draws nigh"; "the bullet didn't come close"; "don't get too close to the fire" close, near
	2.	nigh - (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees" almost, nearly, well-nigh, virtually, near, most, about

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nigh

adverb 1. almost, about, nearly, close to, practically, approximately

adjective 2. near, next, close, imminent, impending, at hand, upcoming

Translations

nigh

adv nigh [nai]

an old word for near. nabyكلِمَة قديمَه بِمَعْنى: قَريبблизоblízkonærnaheπλησίονcercalähedalقريبlähelläprès (de)קָרוֹבपास में, निकटblizu, tik doközeldekatnálægur, nærrivicino, presso近くに가까이에arti, netolituvu; tuvumāhampirnabijnær (ved)bliskopertoaproapeблизко, рядомblízko, priblizublizunäraใกล้มาถึงyakın［古］近, 在附近的близько, поручقريبở gần (từ cổ)［古］近, 在附近的

ˈwell-nigh

nearly; almost It was well-nigh midnight when he arrived.bynaتَقْريبا، على وَشَكпочтиskoronæstenbeinaheσχεδόνprácticamentepeaaeguتقريباlähespresqueקָרוֹבलगभगgotovomajdnemhampirnæstum, nærri þvíquasiほとんど거의beveikgandrīzhampir-hampirbijnanesten, nærprawiequaseaproapeпочтиskoroskorajskoronästanใกล้มาถึงhemen hemen, ...kadar幾乎майжеتقريباًgần như几乎