vicinity
Americannoun
plural
vicinities-
the area or region near or about a place; surrounding district; neighborhood.
There are no stores in the vicinity of our house.
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state or fact of being near; proximity; propinquity.
He was troubled by the vicinity of the nuclear testing area.
noun
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a surrounding, adjacent, or nearby area; neighbourhood
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the fact or condition of being close in space or relationship
Etymology
Origin of vicinity
1550–60; < Latin vīcīnitās, equivalent to vīcīn ( us ) near ( vīc ( us ) wick 3, neighborhood + -īnus -ine 1 ) + -itās -ity
Example Sentences
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He asked residents in the vicinity to check their exterior cameras and contact the FBI or the West Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office if they spotted anything that looks suspicious or out of place.
From Los Angeles Times
The talks in Geneva were held as American forces continued ramping up their presence in the vicinity of Iran.
From BBC
Star goalie Aerin Frankel had been a brick wall—in the rare instances that a puck had actually made it anywhere in the vicinity of the net.
According to Hammack, the funds rate is now in the vicinity of neutral, meaning it’s not meaningfully restraining the economy.
Citing the company’s 70% increase in fourth-quarter revenue and its adjusted operating margin of 57%, he concluded: “There is no public software company or defense contractor even remotely in that vicinity.”
From MarketWatch
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