nearby Definition
near·by (nir′bī′)
adjective, adverb
near; close at hand
nearby Usage Examples
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- have: All three have large houses nearby, and pop in and out.
- recommend: Front desk was very professional, recommended a splendid bistro very nearby - 1 minute walk!
Modifying Another Word
- somewhere: Wherever he lives there should be somewhere nearby where he can be taken each day for free running exercise.
- relatively: These additional columns are usually only available in catalogs of relatively nearby and well-observed stars.
- all: Golf, walking, beaches, historic sights and of course Edinburgh are all nearby.
- also: For the golfers, Merlin Golf club with its driving range is also nearby.
- very: Front desk was very professional, recommended a splendid bistro very nearby - 1 minute walk!
- perhaps: Was it in the modern town of Inverness or perhaps nearby at Cawdor?
Infinitive complement
- discuss: Nearby to discuss the amount they're destinations are a checked for things.
- help: And where grandparents and other relatives are nearby to help with children and the work of the home, we should cultivate extended family.
Modifies a noun
- village: In the nearby village, the ruins of the 16 th Century Earl's Palace is a reminder of the more recent past.
- galaxy: In 1987 an extraordinary astronomical event took place - the light from an exploded star in a nearby galaxy was seen from Earth.
- town: She lived with her grandmother in a brick cottage beside the canal, in the nearby town.
- attraction: Nearby Attractions include: Robin Hood's Bay, the picturesque fishing village - only four miles away.
- lake: I remember sitting with him in the Sgts mess listening to the radio, I also recall us swimming together in a nearby lake.
- resort: This uniqueness, quite rightly, had the tourists flocking â usually in large groups bused in from nearby resorts.
Used with adjective complement
- live: Earlier in the day I spotted one of my colleagues, who lives nearby, out jogging!
- visit: Mighty Ephesus With plenty of time at Selcuk, we set out to visit nearby Ephesus.
- stand: A saddled gray mare stands nearby, well lathered.
- open: During the Spring Garden Festival there are numerous private gardens open nearby, such as Penjerrick, Carclew, Enys and Trevarno.
Browse dictionary entries near nearby
- ‹ near-term
- ‹ near-realtime
- ‹ near miss
- ‹ near-LOS
- ‹ near line-of-sight
- ‹ near-end cross talk
- ‹ Near East
- ‹ near beer
- ‹ near
- ‹ Neapolitan ice cream
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