towardsnear
Towardnear is a neologism used to describe a combined spatial relation that expresses both direction toward a target and proximity to that target. The term blends the directional sense of toward with the proximity sense of near, aiming to capture actions that are oriented toward something while constrained to remain within a close distance. It is not widely standardized and appears mainly in early or illustrative discussions within linguistics, human–robot interaction, and spatial reasoning.
Conceptually, towardnear can be modeled as a relationship among three elements: an actor or agent, a reference
Applications of the idea behind towardnear appear in fields such as robotics, where natural-language commands may
Examples illustrate the intended nuance, such as: move towardnear the doorway, or advance towardnear the chair
See also: toward, near, deictic expressions, spatial reasoning, directional semantics.