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
Mariano-Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
MarjoryMAHR-jə-reeEnglish
RÉGis-French
Toms-Latvian
DavidDAY-vid (English), dah-VEED (Jewish, Spanish), da-VEED (French), DAH-vit (German, Dutch), DAH-vid (Swedish, Norwegian), dah-VEET (Russian)English, Hebrew, French, Scottish, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, C
Eigyr-Welsh Mythology