near thing



near thing

Something just barely effected, as in That election was a near thing-he won by a handful of votes. [Mid-1700s]
See also: near, thing

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
PerryPER-eeEnglish
Adelais-Ancient Germanic
Dejana-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
RitaREE-tə (English), REE-tah (German)Italian, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Hungarian, Spanish, Portuguese
GÁBorGAH-borHungarian
Rien (2)REENDutch