Meaning

3 senses
  1. Proximity; the state of being near.

    There was a crackling sound in the vicinity of my right ear.

    Nähe

    бли́зостьblízostʹ, сосе́дствоsosédstvo

    бли́зькістьblýzʹkistʹ, сусі́дствоsusídstvo

  2. Neighbourhood; nearby region; surrounding area.

    There is a hurricane in the vicinity of the Bahamas.

    Nachbarschaft, Umgebung

    окре́стностьokréstnostʹ, окру́гаokrúga

    око́лицяokólycja, окру́гаokrúha, о́кілókil

    a surrounding or nearby region

  3. Approximate size or amount.

    I weigh in the vicinity of 80kg.

Examples

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  1. The cops were investigating the vicinity.

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  2. There's a post office in the vicinity.

    ruПоблизости есть почта.

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  3. You should stay out of his vicinity.

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  4. We live in the vicinity of the school.

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  5. Which stars are in our immediate cosmic vicinity?

    deWelche Sterne liegen in unserer unmittelbaren kosmischen Nachbarschaft?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
proximity, or the state of being near:
neighbourhood, or the nearby region:
Русский
By meaning 2
proximity, or the state of being near:
neighbourhood, or the nearby region:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
proximity, or the state of being near:
neighbourhood, or the nearby region:

Origin

From vicine + -ity, from Latin vīcīnitās (“neighborhood”) (compare French vicinité), from

From vicine + -ity, from Latin vīcīnitās (“neighborhood”) (compare French vicinité), from vīcīnus (“neighbor”) (compare French voisin), from vīcus (“village”).

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Forms

plural: vicinities
Singularvicinity
Pluralvicinities

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedvicinal

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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