Vicinity Definition

vĭ-sĭnĭ-tē
vicinities
noun
vicinities
The state of being near or close by; nearness; proximity.
Two theaters in close vicinity.
Webster's New World
The region or area surrounding a particular place; neighborhood.
Webster's New World
An approximate degree or amount.
Houses priced in the vicinity of $200,000.
American Heritage
Vicinity is the area and the things that are nearby.
An example of vicinity is the four-block range surrounding a home, and all the stores and things within that four-block range.
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idiom
in the vicinity of
  • near; close to (a place)
  • about; approximately (the amount, etc. specified)
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Vicinity

Noun

Singular:
vicinity
Plural:
vicinities

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Vicinity

  • in the vicinity of

Origin of Vicinity

  • Latin vīcīnitās from vīcīnus neighboring from vīcus neighborhood weik-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin vicinitas (“neighborhood") > vicinus (“neighbor") > vicus (“village").

    From Wiktionary

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Vicinity Sentence Examples

  • In the vicinity are several fine mansions.

  • When a Bob-White quail continued calling from the vicinity of the pond, she headed that way.

  • Norfolk is the see of a Protestant Episcopal bishopric. The city has a public park of 110 acres and various smaller ones, and in the vicinity are several summer resorts, notably Virginia Beach, Ocean View, Old Point Comfort, Pine Beach and Willoughby Beach.

  • There are undrained, swampy districts in Campeche, in the vicinity of the Terminos Lagoon, where malarial diseases are prevalent, and the same conditions prevail along the coast where mangrove swamps are found.

  • Coal deposits exist in the immediate vicinity of the town.

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Words Starting With

VVIVIC

Words Ending With

YTYITY

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Words Starting With V and Ending With Y

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