nigh
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Learner's definition of NIGH
old-fashioned + literary
1 : close in time or place : near
- The snow is melting. Spring is nigh.
- Morning was drawing nigh. [=it was almost morning]
- The end is nigh.
2 : almost or nearly
- It would be nigh impossible to fix it.
- a nigh perfect evening
- We've lived here for nigh on 40 years. [=almost 40 years]
- nigh onto a century
— see also well-nigh
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