Meaning

1 senses

  1. Not by a large margin, not nearly, not at all.

    He's not bad, but he's nowhere near as good as me.

    We have nowhere near enough money to buy you a car.

Examples

28 sentences

  1. This project is nowhere near complete.

    ruЭтот проект далёк от завершения. — odexed

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  2. This is nowhere near good enough.

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  3. I was nowhere near the park on that night.

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  4. I have nowhere near enough money to buy a house.

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  5. I'm nowhere near thirty.

    ruМне далеко не тридцать. — odexed

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Origin

Presumably a reformation of Old English nāhwǣr nēah (literally “nowhere nigh”).

Presumably a reformation of Old English nāhwǣr nēah (literally “nowhere nigh”).

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Word family

1 related words
Relatedanywhere near

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nowadaysA2nowhereB1nowtnoxious

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