vicinity
11vicinity — vi|cin|i|ty [ vı sınəti ] noun singular the area near a particular place: the weather forecast for Philadelphia and vicinity in the vicinity of: a university somewhere in the vicinity of Boston in the vicinity of FORMAL used before a number to… …
12vicinity — noun 1 in the vicinity (of) in the area around a particular place: The car was found abandoned in the vicinity of Waterloo Station. 2 in the vicinity of formal close to a particular amount or measurement: a price somewhere in the vicinity of… …
13vicinity — [[t]vɪsɪ̱nɪti[/t]] N SING: the N, oft in N, N of n If something is in the vicinity of a particular place, it is near it. [FORMAL] There were a hundred or so hotels in the vicinity of the railway station... The police roadblocks are still in place …
14vicinity — UK [vəˈsɪnətɪ] / US [vɪˈsɪnətɪ] noun [singular] the area near a particular place in the vicinity of: a university somewhere in the vicinity of London • in the vicinity of …
15vicinity — A place near to a place designated, but not adjoining or abutting on it. 23 Am J2d Deeds § 243. The word is not an absolute but a relative one, and what is in the vicinity of a place under one set of circumstances may not be so under other… …
16vicinity — /vi sin i tee/, n., pl. vicinities. 1. the area or region near or about a place; surrounding district; neighborhood: There are no stores in the vicinity of our house. 2. state or fact of being near; proximity; propinquity: He was troubled by the… …
17vicinity — noun many female artists and writers live in the vicinity in the vicinity of Syn: neighborhood, surrounding area, locality, locale, area, local area, district, region, quarter, zone; environs, surroundings, precincts; informal neck of the woods …
18vicinity — /vəˈsɪnəti / (say vuh sinuhtee) noun (plural vicinities) 1. the region near or about a place; the neighbourhood or vicinage. 2. the state or fact of being near in place; proximity; propinquity. –phrase 3. in the vicinity of, approximately: the… …
19vicinity — [16] Latin vīcus meant ‘group of houses, village’ (it is related to the wich or wick of English place names, which originally meant ‘hamlet, town’). From it was derived vīcīnus ‘neighbouring’, which in turn produced vīcīnitās ‘neighbourhood’,… …
20vicinity — [vəˈsɪnəti] noun [singular] the area near a particular place a university in the vicinity of London[/ex] …
