Definition of "nearest" []

• Closest to, superlative form of near: most near. (adjective)
• Closest to (preposition)

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• "A vote was passed in town meeting that the new Church should be located "on the nearest convenientest spot to the centre," but the words _nearest, convenientest_, were a cause of furious contention."
• "King who serves, and is nearest of kin to us, is also _nearest of kin to"
• "The phrase nearest and dearest carried him back in time and reminded him of the deer."