• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /ˈnɪəɹə/
• (General American)IPA^(key): /ˈnɪɹɚ/

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• (US, without themirror–nearer merger)IPA^(key): /ˈnɪəɹə(ɹ)/,/ˈniɹə(ɹ)/
• (New Zealand)IPA^(key): /ˈniəɹə/
• (Scotland)IPA^(key): /ˈniɹəɹ/
• (East Anglia, cheer–chair merger)IPA^(key): /ˈnɛːɹə/
• Rhymes:-ɪəɹə(ɹ)

nearer

1. Lessdistant;comparative form ofnear: morenear.

   There are two pubs in the town; thenearer one is about a five-minute walk away.

nearer

1. Closer to.

   I'd like to livenearer the office.

   • 1897,H. G. Wells,The Star:

     The star grew—it grew with a terrible steadiness hour after hour, a little larger each hour, a littlenearer the midnight zenith, and brighter and brighter, until it had turned night into a second day.

• mirror-nearer merger

• earner,re-earn,reearn

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