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[Subject: Idiomatic Expressions]

- Almost, practically; usu. used in the negative; e.g., "This wristwatch cost next to nothing!"; "The reasons for voting for Tuck are next to nothing."

Translated by: ISAAC SMITH

Antonym: nowhere near
Synonym: almost
Synonym: practically

Translated in 3 languages

Translations2
	Brazilian Portuguese	quase
	Dutch	bijna

Synonym: beside Preposition

[Subject: Generalities]

Translated by: PEZZUOLI CLAUDIO

Translated in 32 languages

Translations31
	Italian	presso di
	Spanish	junto a
	French	près de
	German	nah
	Arabic	بجوار; بقرب
	Brazilian Portuguese	perto de
	Breton	e-kichen
	Fiji	i na
	Frisian	njonken
	Galician	xunta; onda; (a) xunta de
	Indonesian	dekat
	Irish	taobh le
	Latvian	tuvu
	Lithuanian	šalia
	Malagasy	eo akaikin'ny
	Maori	tata
	Norwegian Bokmål	nær
	Persian	نزدِ; در پهلویِ
	Portuguese	próximo
	Romanian	lânga
	Scots Gaelic	ri taobh
	Setswana	bapa le
	Shona	padhuze
	Slovak	vedla
	Swahili	karibu na
	Turkish	yakin
	Welsh	wrth ochr; yn ymyl; wrth; ger; ar bwys
	Wolof	dend ag
	Xhosa	kufuphi na
	Yoruba	lẹ́gbẹ̀ẹ́
	Zulu	eceleni kwe

Synonym: just about Adverb

[Subject: Idiomatic Expressions]

- To a degree almost as high as; e.g., "When my boss told me I was being promoted, I just about fell out of my chair."

Translated by: ISAAC SMITH

Translated in 7 languages

Translations6
	Italian	appena appena; quasi
	Spanish	por poco; de cerca; casi
	French	à peu près; presque
	German	fast
	Russian	чуть не
	Hungarian	csaknem

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