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

27 sentences
  1. The cops were investigating the vicinity.

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

    ruПоблизости есть почта. — marafon

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  3. You should stay out of his vicinity.

  4. We live in the vicinity of the school.

  5. Which stars are in our immediate cosmic vicinity?

    deWelche Sterne liegen in unserer unmittelbaren kosmischen Nachbarschaft? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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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