Nigh | Mean of nigh in English Dictionary

/ˈnaɪ/

• close in time or place
1. The snow is melting. Spring is nigh.
2. Morning was drawing nigh. [=it was almost morning]
3. The end is nigh.
• almost or nearly
1. It would be nigh impossible to fix it.
2. a nigh perfect evening
3. We've lived here for nigh on 40 years. [=almost 40 years]
4. nigh onto a century