near
→
almost
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | σχεδόν | |
| meaning 1 | near | σχεδόν ὕδατος near to the river |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | almost | σχεδόν πάντες almost all |
| reference | Dvoreckij 1958 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme 1 | near | |
| lexeme 2 | nearly | |
| meaning 1 | near | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | almost | were nearly at the end of our journey |
| reference | ABBYY LINGUO | |
| comment | cf. also anear, in both meanings | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme 1 | près de | |
| lexeme 2 | presque | |
| meaning 1 | near | j'habite près du métro I live near the metro |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | almost | presque dix mille roubles almost ten thousand rubles |
| reference | ABBYY LINGUO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme 1 | nah | |
| lexeme 2 | beinahe | |
| meaning 1 | near | Das Hotel liegt nah am Bahnhof. The hotel is located near the train station |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | almost | Die Arbeit ist beinahe fertig The work is almost ready |
| reference | ABBYY LINGUO | |
| comment | cf. also nahezu 'almost' |
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| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme 1 | nah | |
| lexeme 2 | beinahe | |
| meaning 1 | near | Das Hotel liegt nah am Bahnhof. The hotel is located near the train station |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | almost | Die Arbeit ist beinahe fertig The work is almost ready |
| reference | ABBYY LINGUO | |
| comment | cf. also nahezu 'almost' |
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