What (who) is nearer - definition
CHRISTIAN HYMN WRITTEN BY SARAH FULLER FLOWER ADAMS
Nearer my god to thee; Nearer, my God, to Thee; Nearer My God to Thee; Nearer my God, to Thee; Nearer My God To Thee; Nearer, My God, To Thee
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nearer
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Mexican Dress; Find My Own Remorse; Nearer
adj., adv. nearer to (the park is nearer to our hotel than it is to yours; which stop is nearest to Albert Hall?)
USAGE NOTE: When near is an adjective, it is not used in the collocation *near to. (Compare close to.)
Nearer, My God, to Thee
"Nearer, My God, to Thee" is a 19th-century Christian hymn by Sarah Flower Adams, which retells the story of Jacob's dream. Genesis 28:11–12 can be translated as follows: "So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set.
Nearer the Moon
BOOK BY ANAÏS NIN
Nearer the Moon: From A Journal of Love
Nearer the Moon: From a Journal of Love (full title Nearer the Moon: From a Journal of Love, the Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin (1937–1939)) is a 1996 book based upon material excerpted from the unpublished diaries of Anaïs Nin. It corresponds temporally to part of Nin's published diaries.
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Nearer, My God, to Thee
"Nearer, My God, to Thee" is a 19th-century Christian hymn by Sarah Flower Adams, which retells the story of Jacob's dream. Genesis 28:11–12 can be translated as follows: "So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep. Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it..."
The hymn is well known, among other uses, as the alleged last song the band on RMS Titanic played before the ship sank and was sung by the crew and passengers of the SS Valencia as it sank off the Canadian coast in 1906.
Pronunciation examples for nearer
1. looked nearer and nearer.
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2. I'm nearer to my friends than I would have been nearer
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3. as a more viable, nearer-to-mid-term path?
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4. It wiII traiI off dramaticaIIy
when we get nearer.
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5. we will get nearer to getting each of these blessings.
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Examples of use of nearer
1. "They were focused on Zak and became more agitated as they got nearer and nearer.
2. "Hopefully he‘ll soon start gaining weight much more quickly and get nearer and nearer his brother." Share this article: What is this?
3. Some reports suggest that the Prophet was nearer 30.
4. But yesterday‘s launch brings that day a little nearer.
5. The nearer to the Israeli border, the heavier the damage.