Word familyadverbnearlynearnounnearnessNear Eastnearsideadjectivenearby
ˌNear ˈEast noun
the Near EastSGthe Middle East 近东〔即中东〕
—Near Easternadjectiveadj
ancient Near Eastern literature
古代近东文学
Examples from the Corpus
Near East• The international carriage of goods by road is also to distant destinations, such as the Near East and Middle East.• As a colony, the Near East disliked its masters.• In any case, oil is and will remain the starting-point of endless conflicts in the Near East.• Its real origins lie deep in the immemorial history of the Near East.• Nature, as we know, has accorded it generously to the Near East.• The Near East surrendered, abandoning itself to the invaders.