near meaning
EN
[nɪə(ɹ)] [nɪɹ] [nɛə] [-ɪə(r)] 
US UK WNear
- NEAR or Near may refer to:
- NounPLnears
- VerbSGnearsPRnearingPT, PPneared
- AdjectiveCOMnearerSUPnearest
- Physically close.
- Closely connected or related.
- Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear.
- a near friend
- Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling.
- a version near to the original
- So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow.
- a near escape
- (of an event) Approaching.
- The end is near.
- Approximate, almost.
- The two words are near synonyms.
- (dated) Next to the driver, when he is on foot; (US) on the left of an animal or a team.
- the near ox; the near leg
- OBS Immediate; direct; close; short.
- OBS SLA Stingy; parsimonious.
- Physically close.
- AdverbCOMnearerSUPnearest
- Preposition
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- His own reluctant namesake, Mount Beckey, rises some 8,500 feet in a largely uncharted subrange near the Cathedral Spires of southeastern Alaska.
- We had to relocate the magazine rack because we bruised our shins on it too frequently when it was near the door.
- We find that motion near the surface of an irregular asteroid is quite different from the motion near the surface of a homoplastically spheroidal celestial body.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The sheep skedaddled as soon as the shepherd’s dog came near.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of near in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Prepositions
- Verbs
- Adjectives
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "near" is an adjective. It's also an adverb. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a preposition. It's also a verb.