Usually means: Closest in distance or relationship.
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  1. nearest: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. nearest: Collins English Dictionary
  3. nearest: Vocabulary.com
  4. Nearest, nearest: Wordnik
  5. nearest: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. nearest: Wiktionary
  7. nearest: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. Nearest, nearest: Dictionary.com
  9. nearest: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. nearest: Rhymezone
  11. nearest: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. nearest: Free Dictionary
  13. nearest: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. nearest: Dictionary/thesaurus
  15. nearest: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nearest: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nearest: Idioms

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Definitions from WordNet (nearest)

▸ adjective:  (superlative of `near' or `nigh') most near
▸ adverb:  (superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance ("That was the time he came nearest to death")


Opposite:
farthest, remotest, furthest, most, distant, least, close

Types:
nearest star, nearest galaxy, nearest black hole, nearest exoplanet, nearest exomoon, more...

Phrases:
nearest neighbor, nearest neighbors, nearest neighbour, nearest stars, nearest and dearest, more...

Colors:
    beige,     taupe,     sand,     khaki,     olive, more...



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Opposite:
farthest, remotest, furthest, most, distant, least, close

Types:
nearest star, nearest galaxy, nearest black hole, nearest exoplanet, nearest exomoon, more...

Phrases:
nearest neighbor, nearest neighbors, nearest neighbour, nearest stars, nearest and dearest, nearest neighbor method, nearest month, Nearest neighbor search, Nearest neighbour algorithm, more...

Colors:
    beige,     taupe,     sand,     khaki,     olive, more...




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