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draw near

UK/dɹɔː nɪə(ɹ)/US/dɹɔ nɪɚ/

draw near verb: to approach, to move toward.

Verb

draw near (third-person singular simple present draws near, present participle drawing near, simple past drew near, past participle drawn near)

  1. (transitive) To approach, to move toward.
    • The crowd drew near to the speaker.
  2. (intransitive) To approach, to come closer.
    • I became nervous as my wedding day drew near.

draw near meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Sanskrit

draw near in Tamil

கைகூடு, குறுகு, விரவு

draw near in Telugu

to draw near;
తారసపడు tārasapaḍu

draw near in Kannada

ಅಣೆ

draw near in Sanskrit

to approach (intransitive) — see also approach
आचरति ācarati

Forms of draw near

third-person singular presentdraws near
present participledrawing near
pastdrew near
past participledrawn near

Questions about draw near

What does draw near mean?
Draw near means to approach, to move toward.
What is draw near in Tamil?
Draw near in Tamil is கைகூடு, குறுகு, விரவு. See Draw near meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is draw near?
Draw near is a verb.
How do you pronounce draw near?
Draw near is pronounced /dɹɔː nɪə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the past tense of draw near?
The past tense of draw near is drew near.

Words near draw near in the dictionary

  1. draw level
  2. draw lines in the sand
  3. draw live
  4. draw lots
  5. Draw My Life
  6. draw near
  7. draw off
  8. draw on
  9. draw one's horns in
  10. draw one's last breath
  11. draw out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: draw near (page history and authors); draw near (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); తారసపడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); draw near (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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