nearest

English

Etymology

near +‎ -est.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɪəɹɪst/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɪɹɪst/
Audio (GA) (file)
Hyphenation: near‧est

Adjective

nearest

Closest to, superlative form of near: most near.
- 1843, Edgar Allan Poe, The Gold-Bug:
  Fastening one end of this at that point of the trunk of the tree which was nearest the peg, he unrolled it till it reached the peg and thence further unrolled it, in the direction already established by the two points of the tree and the peg, for the distance of fifty feet […]

Preposition

nearest

Closest to.

Anagrams

Earnest, Eastern, Saetern, Tareens, earnest, eastern, estrane, renates, sterane

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