vicinity
/vɪˈsɪnɪti/US/vəˈsɪnəti/
vicinity noun: proximity; the state of being near.
Noun
vicinity (plural vicinities)
- Proximity; the state of being near.
- There was a crackling sound in the vicinity of my right ear.
- The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand...1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
- Neighbourhood; nearby region; surrounding area.
- There is a hurricane in the vicinity of the Bahamas.
- O suitably-attired-in-leather-boots
Head of a traveller, wherefore seeking whom
Whence by what way how purposed art thou come
To this well-nightingaled vicinity?1883, A. E. Housman, Fragment of a Greek Tragedy
- Approximate size or amount.
- I weigh in the vicinity of 80kg.
vicinity meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
vicinity in Tamil
- vicinity, neighborhood
- சார்வு cārvu
vicinity in Urdu
- proximity, or the state of being near
- اطراف atarāf
vicinity in Bengali
- proximity, or the state of being near
- কাছ kach, বরাত borat
vicinity in Malayalam
- സാമീപ്യം, പരിസരം
More languagesFewer languages
- vicinity in Kannada
- ಕೆಲ kela, ಅಗಲ agala
- vicinity in Punjabi
- ਨੇੜ neṛ
- vicinity in Assamese
- ওচৰ üsor
- vicinity in Arabic
- قُرْب qurb, جِوَار jiwār, مُحِيط muḥīṭ
Examples of vicinity in a sentence
- He runs a small trading post in the vicinity of New Hampshire.
- Those two properties cornered up in the vicinity of Main Street.
- Maybe you can give me a hurl in the Bentley one day, when you're in the vicinity.
Forms of vicinity
| plural | vicinities |
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Origin of vicinity
From vicine + -ity, from Latin vīcīnitās (“neighborhood”) (compare French vicinité), from vīcīnus (“neighbor”) (compare French voisin), from vīcus (“village”).
Words formed from vicinity
Words that rhyme with vicinity
Questions about vicinity
- What does vicinity mean?
- Vicinity means proximity; the state of being near.
- What is vicinity in Tamil?
- Vicinity in Tamil is சார்வு (cārvu). See Vicinity meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is vicinity?
- Vicinity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce vicinity?
- Vicinity is pronounced /vɪˈsɪnɪti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of vicinity?
- The plural of vicinity is vicinities.
Words near vicinity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vicinity (page history and authors); சார்வு (Tamil) (page history and authors); vicinity (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಅಗಲ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਨੇੜ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ওচৰ (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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