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nearing

nearing is the present participle and gerund of near.

Meaning of near

Verb

near (third-person singular simple present nears, present participle nearing, simple past and past participle neared)

  1. (ambitransitive) To come closer to; to approach.
    • The ship nears the land.

See all 21 meanings of near

Proper noun capitalized: Nearing

Nearing (plural Nearings)

  1. A surname from German.

Forms of nearing

pluralNearings

Origin of nearing

Anglicized spelling of German Niering.

Questions about nearing

What does nearing mean?
Nearing means a surname from German.
What is nearing the present participle and gerund of?
Nearing is the present participle and gerund of near.
What part of speech is nearing?
Nearing is a proper noun.

Words near nearing in the dictionary

  1. nearfall
  2. nearfalls
  3. nearfield
  4. nearfields
  5. nearhand
  6. nearing
  7. Nearings
  8. nearish
  9. nearlier
  10. nearliest
  11. nearline

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nearing (page history and authors); Nearing (page history and authors); near (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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