Usually means: Very close or nearly happening.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. nigh: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nigh: Merriam-Webster
  3. nigh: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nigh: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nigh: Collins English Dictionary
  6. nigh: Vocabulary.com
  7. Nigh, nigh: Wordnik
  8. nigh: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Nigh, nigh: Wiktionary
  10. nigh: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. nigh: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. nigh: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Nigh, nigh: Dictionary.com
  14. nigh: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. nigh: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Nigh: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Nigh: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. nigh: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. nigh: Rhymezone
  20. Nigh: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. nigh: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. nigh: FreeDictionary.org
  23. nigh: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  24. nigh: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. nigh: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nigh: Legal dictionary

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  1. nigh: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nigh: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. NIGH: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Nigh: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Nigh)

▸ adjective:  (archaic, poetic) Near, close by, almost, all but.
▸ adjective:  Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
▸ verb:  (ambitransitive) to draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near
▸ adverb:  Almost, nearly.
▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ noun:  A surname from Middle English
▸ noun:  A surname from German

Similar:
just about, virtually, near, almost, about, all but, well-nigh, nearly, most, left, more...

Opposite:
far, distant, remote

Types:
regular, light, heavy, more...

Phrases:
well nigh, draw near nigh, nigh on, George Nigh, the end is nigh, more...

Adjectives:
well, sick, mighty, full, pretty, evil, dead, damn, purty, head, covert


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Similar:
just about, virtually, near, almost, about, all but, well-nigh, nearly, most, left, more...

Opposite:
far, distant, remote

Types:
regular, light, heavy, more...

Phrases:
well nigh, draw near nigh, nigh on, George Nigh, the end is nigh, late nigh, not nigh, over nigh, opposite of nigh, dark nigh, nigh impossible, letters shouted as the weekend is nigh, drew nigh, nigh all, more...

Adjectives:
well, sick, mighty, full, pretty, evil, dead, damn, purty, head, covert



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