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vicinity
[vi-sin-i-tee]
noun
plural
vicinitiesthe area or region near or about a place; surrounding district; neighborhood.
There are no stores in the vicinity of our house.
state or fact of being near; proximity; propinquity.
He was troubled by the vicinity of the nuclear testing area.
vicinity
/ ɪˈɪɪɪ /
noun
a surrounding, adjacent, or nearby area; neighbourhood
the fact or condition of being close in space or relationship
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of vicinity1
Example Sentences
Dr Peel says the fact that existing nuclear sites generally have "miles of empty land around them" means that anyone in the vicinity arouses suspicion.
Thankfully, there were no police with radar guns in the vicinity as he was driven back to the course.
It's estimated to cost somewhere in the vicinity of $45 million, not counting the clean-up and repairs of the streets that the tanks are likely to destroy.
A number of countries have condemned the Israeli military's actions after troops fired warning shots in the vicinity of a diplomatic delegation on a visit to the occupied West Bank.
The company is stuck with an inventory of somewhere in the vicinity of 10,000 units to the tune of about $800 million.
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