Definisi : vt mendekati, menghampiri; (in age) mendekati: the boat was ~ing the jetty, bot itu menghampiri jeti; my grandmother is ~ing ninety, umur nenek saya mendekati sembilan puluh tahun. (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)

Definisi : vi semakin /dekat, hampir/, mendekat: Sulaiman and his friends grew more and more nervous as the final exams ~ed, Sulaiman dan kawan-kawannya semakin gugup apabila peperiksaan akhir semakin dekat; (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)

Definisi : prep close to, a. (in space) dekat dgn, (fml), /berdekatan, berhampiran/ dgn; (colloq) dekat: they have a beautiful house ~ the river, mereka mempunyai sebuah rumah yg indah dekat dgn sungai; ~ the station there can be found various cafés and restaurants, berdekatan dgn stesen terdapat berbagai kafe dan restoran; why won’t you sit ~ me?, kenapa tak nak duduk dekat saya?; b. (in time) tdk lama sebelum: ~ the school holidays, tdk lama sebelum cuti sekolah; ~ the end of the play, tdk lama sebelum lakonan itu tamat; c. (in likeness) hampir serupa dgn: the reproduction is very ~ the original, lukisan itu hampir serupa dgn lukisan sebenar; (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)

Definisi : as ~ as /makes no difference, no matter /, lebih kurang begitu: they own 2,000 ha. of land, or as ~ as makes no difference, mereka memiliki tanah seluas 2,000 ha. atau lebih kurang begitu; /come, draw, get/ ~(er), (makin) mendekat, makin dekat: the child came a couple of steps ~er, kanak-kanak itu mendekat dua tiga langkah; the train was getting ~ to the station, kereta api itu makin dekat dgn stesen; (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)

Definisi : a ~ thing, nyaris-nyaris: the train and the bus didn’t actually touch, but it was a very ~ thing, kereta api dan bas itu sebenarnya tdk bergesel tetapi sudah nyaris-nyaris; ~ to each other, berdekatan, berdekat-dekatan: the fire station, the post office and the TV studios are all ~ to each other, balai bomba, pejabat pos dan studio TV semuanya berdekat-dekatan; the ~est thing to, (approp n +) paling /mirip, serupa/ dgn: Mr Venkat’s sundry shop was the ~est thing to a supermarket in the whole district, kedai runcit En. Venkat paling mirip dgn pasar raya di seluruh daerah itu; (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)

Definisi : she was ~ to tears, dia sudah hampir hendak menangis; the national economy is ~ to collapse, ekonomi negara sudah hampir runtuh; a ~ accident, hampir berlaku kemalangan; a ~ disaster, malapetaka yg hampir-hampir terjadi; 2. closer to the speaker, (di) sebelah sini, terdekat: only one parachutist succeeded in landing on the ~ bank of the river, hanya seorang ahli payung terjun yg berjaya mendarat di tebing sungai sebelah sini; 3. (UK) (of horses, vehicles, etc) on the left, sebelah kiri: the ~ front wheel, roda depan sebelah kiri; (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)

Definisi : adj & adv 1. close, a. (in space) dekat: the station is very ~ (to the hotel), stesen dekat sekali (dgn hotel); the ~est town is 50 km. away, bandar yg paling dekat 50 km dr sini; ~ neighbours, jiran dekat; move your chair ~er, alih kerusi kamu dekat sedikit; b. (in time) dekat, hampir: the New Year is ~, Tahun Baru sudah hampir; c. (in relationship) dekat, rapat: he is a ~ relative of mine, dia saudara dekat saya; d. (to action or event) hampir(-hampir) (+ approp v): (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)

Definisi : in the ~ future, dlm jangka masa yg singkat; not anywhere ~, see NOWHERE (nowhere near); o’s ~est and dearest, orang yg sso sayang: we are prepared to sacrifice everything for our ~est and dearest, kita rela mengorbankan segala-galanya utk orang yg kita sayang; to the ~est /kilogram, thousand, etc/, dlm /kilogram, (angka) ribu, dll/ /yg paling hampir, terdekat/: can you give me the figures to the ~est million?, boleh anda beri saya angka-angka itu dlm angka juta yg paling hampir?; (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)