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noun
- 1. the area near or surrounding a particular place: "the number of people living in the immediate vicinity was small" Similar
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the area around a place or where the speaker is : There are several hotels in the immediate vicinity of the station. We could see that there were several open Wi-Fi networks in the vicinity. Anyone who happened to be in the vicinity could have been injured or killed. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of VICINITY is a surrounding area or district : neighborhood. How to use vicinity in a sentence. Did you know?
the area around a place or where the speaker is : There are several hotels in the immediate vicinity of the station. We could see that there were several open Wi-Fi networks in the vicinity. Anyone who happened to be in the vicinity could have been injured or killed. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Vicinity definition: the area or region near or about a place; surrounding district; neighborhood. See examples of VICINITY used in a sentence.
If something is in your vicinity, it's in the surrounding area or nearby region — it's in the neighborhood, so to speak. If there's a garbage dump in your vicinity, you'll certainly smell it.
1. The state of being near in space or relationship; proximity: two restaurants in close vicinity. 2. A nearby, surrounding, or adjoining region; a neighborhood. 3. An approximate degree or amount: houses priced in the vicinity of $200,000. [Latin vīcīnitās, from vīcīnus, neighboring, from vīcus, neighborhood; see weik- in Indo-European roots .]
Vicinity definition: The state of being near in space or relationship; proximity.
Definition of vicinity noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
vicinity. noun. uk / vɪˈsɪnəti / us. in the vicinity (of sth) formal. Add to word list. in the area near a place: A number of buildings in the vicinity of the fire were damaged.
1. : in the area that is close to (a place) He lives in the general/immediate vicinity of the school. 2. : close to or around (an amount) His yearly salary is in the vicinity of [= in the neighborhood of] one million dollars.
