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nears

/nɪə(ɹ)z/US/nɪɹz/

nears is the third-person singular simple present indicative of near.

nears is the plural 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: Nears

Nears

  1. (plural) plural of Near

Words that rhyme with nears

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Questions about nears

What is nears the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Nears is the third-person singular simple present indicative of near.
What part of speech is nears?
Nears is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce nears?
Nears is pronounced /nɪə(ɹ)z/ (UK).

Words near nears in the dictionary

  1. nearnative
  2. nearness
  3. nearnesses
  4. nearring
  5. nearrings
  6. nears
  7. nearshore
  8. nearshored
  9. nearshores
  10. nearshoring
  11. nearside

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nears (page history and authors); Nears (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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