adjective
able to be likened to another; similar.
the situation in Holland is comparable to that in England
similar,close,near,approximate,akin,equivalent,corresponding,commensurate,proportional,proportionate,parallel,analogous,related,like,matching,bordering on,verging on,approaching,not a million miles away from,commensurable
adjective
due to happen or just beginning.
work is due to start in the coming year
forthcoming,imminent,impending,approaching,advancing,nearing,near,future,expected,anticipated,close,(close) at hand,in store,in the wind,in the air,in the offing,in the pipeline,on the horizon,on the way,on us,about to happen,on the cards
noun
an arrival or approach.
the coming of a new age
approach,advance,advent,arrival,nearing,looming,appearance,emergence,materialization,surfacing,birth,rise,start,onset
preposition
(often preceding a date) approximately.
the church was built circa 1860
approximately,about,around,round about,in the region of,roughly,something like,in the area of,in the neighbourhood of,of the order of,or so,or thereabouts,there or thereabouts,more or less,give or take a few,plus or minus a few,nearly,close to,not far off,approaching,getting on for,plus-minus,as near as dammit,in the ballpark of
adverb
Not quite; very nearly.
he almost knocked Georgina over
nearly,just about,about,more or less,practically,virtually,all but,as good as,next to,close to,near,nigh on,not far from,not far off,to all intents and purposes,approaching,bordering on,verging on,nearing
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