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单词 nearby
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nearbyn.

Brit. /ˈnɪəbʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈnɪrˌbaɪ/
Inflections: Plural nearbys.
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: English nearby futures contract.
Etymology: Short for nearby futures contract (see nearby adj. 2).
Stock Market.
A nearby futures contract (cf. nearby adj. 2). Usually in plural.
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1927 N.Y. Times 27 Sept. 42/2 The market opened unchanged,..the strength being noted in the new crop months... Dealers appeared as sellers of nearbys.
1974 Jrnl. Commerce 30 Jan. 6/3 World sugar futures closed in irregular fashion with nearbys stronger and back months weaker.
1980 Times 30 Dec. 16/6 Wall Street... Cotton futures eased from strong opening levels to close with gains of 1.17 to 0.75 cents in nearbys.
1995 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 1 May 9 Wheat futures settled mixed, with nearbys hanging on to modest gains.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

nearbyadv.prep.adj.

Brit. /ˌnɪəˈbʌɪ/, U.S. /ˌnɪrˈbaɪ/
Forms: see near adv.2 and by adv.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: near adv.2, by adv.
Etymology: < near adv.2 + by adv. Compare earlier nigh by adv.Now usually written as one word in all senses (although still frequently written as two words in sense A. in British English).
A. adv.
1. Close by, close at hand.
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the world > space > distance > nearness > near by [phrase]
nigh handlOE
of (also from, in) nigh?c1225
at the gate1340
near at handa1400
nearhanda1400
nigh at handa1400
nigh byc1460
nearbyc1480
on the doorstep1957
on the (or one's) doorstep1957
c1480 (a1400) St. John Evangelist 101 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 112 Sancte Iohne, þat þan erand had ner by, and her[d] quhat wes done.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) i. l. 378 Ridand thar come ner-by quhar Wallace was The lorde Persye.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lviii. 197 Galaffer was nere by, and herd what Huon sayd.
a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) i. 363 Tyll a crag that wes neir by He bare hym.
1674 W. Cunningham Diary (1887) 3 John Murdie who dwells in a mailling neir by.
1728 P. Walker Life A. Peden (1827) Pref. 30 The Preaching was near-by, for we heard the Psalms sweetly sung.
?1780 'Merry Andrew at Tam-Tallan' Antient & New Hist. Buck-Haven (new ed.) ii. 15 A farmer who lived near by.
1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise 145 Nearby is my asses' stall.
1888 Cent. Mag. July 328/1 The ruins of an old temple near by bear the cartouches of Rameses II.
1931 News Chron. 25 Aug. There had been feverish activity at the Trade Union Congress office nearby.
1983 J. M. Coetzee Life & Times Michael K i. 76 There was no water nearby.
2. Chiefly Scottish and Irish English (northern). Nearly, almost; thereabouts.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > almost or nearly
nigheOE
well-nigheOE
forneanc1000
well-nearc1175
almostc1261
nighwhatc1300
nearhandc1350
nigh handa1375
nigh handsa1375
as good asc1390
into (right) littlea1413
unto litea1420
nigh byc1430
nearbyc1485
near handsa1500
as near as1517
mosta1538
next door1542
wellmost1548
all but1590
anewst1590
uneath1590
next to1611
nearlya1616
thereaboutsa1616
welly1615
thereabout1664
within (an) ames-ace ofa1670
anear1675
pretty much1682
three parts1711
newsta1728
only not1779
partly1781
in all but name1824
just about1836
nentes1854
near1855
nar1859
just1860
not-quite1870
nearabouta1878
effectively1884
nigh on1887
the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > approximately (an amount) [phrase] > nearly (an amount)
nigh thana1200
on (also upon) the point ofc1300
nearhandc1350
nigh byc1430
nearbyc1485
nigh hand1548
fast upon1583
nigh upon1632
near on (also upon)1651
nothing short of1838
nigh but1854
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 158 [He] distroyit and slew nereby all the kingis of the warld.
1509 in J. Gairdner Historia Regis Henrici Septimi (1858) 439 Hyt ys nere by an hole yere that a servant of hys hathe byn yn themperows corte.
1563 J. Davidson Answer to Tractiue Kennedy f. 8v Neirby, ane thousand zeir or Augustine was borne.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 262 Al passage of Treffik..Was neirby cuttit away fra Britannie.
1666 in J. Gilmour & D. Falconer Coll. Decisions Lords of Council (1701) i. 132 Wodset lands set..for half meal or nearby.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. vi. 107 After a trot o' sixty mile or near bye.
1822 R. Wilson Poems 82 'Tis fourscore winters nearbye now, Sin' I first follow'd up the plew.
1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 194/2 I was near-by dead with drouth.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 233 Nearby, nearly, almost.
B. prep.
1. Originally Scottish. Close to (a place, etc.).
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the world > space > distance > nearness > near to [preposition]
nighOE
anentOE
atOE
yhendeOE
anewstc1275
nigh handa1300
neara1325
narc1325
againstc1384
nearhanda1400
towardc1400
towards?1447
nearhand?c1450
nearbyc1485
anear1532
anigh1583
under or in the shadow of1853
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 40 The citee of hostrye..is nere by Rome.
a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) iii. 319 Thai enbussyd thame ner by That womanys house.
1568 G. Skeyne Breue Descriptioun Pest iv. sig. A6. Thoise placis ar maist subiect to the pest, quhilkis ar neirby the see.
1611 in H. Maule Reg. de Panmure (1874) I. xxix On the east syd of the pulpit neir by the southe wal of the kirk.
1814 W. Nicholson Country Lass iii Near by the poet's houseless head.
1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) (at cited word) He lives near by th' Calvin capil.
1984 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 9 Aug. 29 Micro enterprises can be done from their homes or from a rented room in a community where they can be nearby their children.
1992 W. Horwood Duncton Rising xxiii. 292 They went down one tunnel and then another, keeping nearby the busier parts.
2. Scottish. Nearly in accordance with. Obsolete. rare.
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a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 231 Judges he maid neirby the vse of Rome.
C. adj.
1. Close at hand, neighbouring; not far off.
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the world > space > distance > nearness > [adjective]
yhendeeOE
nighOE
hendc1175
nearc1400
propinquec1487
assisting1579
neighbour1579
propinquant1633
near-acquainted1639
indistant1644
nearhand1653
adjourning1816
propinquousa1832
nearby1858
propinquitous1867
1858 G. MacDonald Phantastes 88 The cows in a near-by field were eating.
1878 N. Amer. Rev. 127 361 Great problems in the near-by future.
1887 Times 31 Aug. 4/3 Many people..are housed..in near-by towns [U.S.].
1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 448 Take a good longing gaze into any nearby shopwindow.
1954 Manch. Guardian Weekly 26 Aug. 4 He went to the near-by police station.
1998 S. C. Morris Crucible of Creation ii. 19 The light from the nearby star of Aldebaran..has taken almost 70 years to reach us.
2. Stock Market. Of an option or futures contract: nearing maturity; spec. that expires in the next month of active trading in that particular type of futures. Cf. nearby n.
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1943 Canad. Jrnl. Econ. & Polit. Sci. 9 565 Cash wheat and near-by futures were at a substantial premium over ‘May wheat’.
1957 Times 3 Dec. 17/6 The posting of 52 merino tenders quickly depressed nearby futures.
1979 Jrnl. Finance 34 164 Two or four week periods in which the nearby contract expired were dropped from the sample. During the harvest season, futures contracts are available for every other month for corn and wheat.
2000 Wall St. Jrnl. 15 June c21/1 Nearby July corn futures fell 4.5 cents to settle at $2.0325 a bushel, the lowest settlement for a nearby corn contract since Dec. 16.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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