Meaning

1 senses

  1. Near; close to

    бли́зкоblízko, во́злеvózle, о́колоókolo

Examples

15 sentences

  1. The end is nigh.

    Кінець уже близько. — aandrusiak

    ruКонец близок. — marafon

    deDas Ende ist nahe. — Esperantostern

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  2. I knew the end was nigh.

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  3. It's nigh-on impossible to work out what will happen.

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  4. The end was nigh.

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  5. Our bodies, indeed, are nigh each other, but our souls are sundered.

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Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
near, close to:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English neygh, from Old English nēah, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw

Inherited from Middle English neygh, from Old English nēah, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw, from *nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nightA1nightcap
nigh — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto