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Meaning of 'vicinity' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Vicinity [ n.]
- The quality or state of being near, or not remote; nearness; propinquity; proximity; as, the value of the estate was increased by the vicinity of two country seats.
- That which is near, or not remote; that which is adjacent to anything; adjoining space or country; neighborhood.

Meaning of 'vicinity' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . vicinity [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a surrounding or nearby region
Example in sentence:
  • he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood;
  • I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods;
  • it is a rugged locality;
  • the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville

Nearby Words:

vicar vicarage vicarial vicarian vicariate vicarious vicariously vicarship vicary vice

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