vicinity

noun

və-ˈsi-nə-tē How to pronounce vicinity (audio)
Definition of vicinitynext
1
as in neighborhood
an adjoining region or space there are no hotels in the vicinity of the hospital

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Relevance
2
as in proximity
the state or condition of being near the vicinity of the town's only elementary school was one reason why the young couple bought the house

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3
as in tune
an approximate amount, extent, or degree starting salaries in that field are in the vicinity of $50,000 a year

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Recent Examples of vicinity That could prove valuable, especially if Washington doesn’t have an actual aircraft carrier in the vicinity, as was the case at the start of this year due to the intervention in Venezuela. — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 Local councillor Carsten Brokelmann said that the city operates a daycare facility and a primary school in the immediate vicinity of where the shooting happened. — Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 29 June 2026 According to them, at least 22 shallow graves have been unearthed in the immediate vicinity of the Estadio Akron, host of four World Cup games, situated on open scrub to the city’s west. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 June 2026 People may suffer mild burns and ruptured ear drums from being in the vicinity of a strike. — Eva Flowe june 25, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for vicinity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vicinity
  1. neighborhood
  2. proximity
  3. tune
  4. backyard
Noun
  • On June 27, Fort Worth PD officers cited a person for disorderly conduct after street preachers were speaking into bullhorns near Trinity Pride in Fort Worth’s Near Southside neighborhood.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
  • Fort Worth city officials say the goal is to create rules that protect neighborhoods while setting clear standards for future data center development.
    — Ken Molestina, CBS News, 14 July 2026
Definition of neighborhood
Noun
  • Users can then find these businesses through posts displayed based on proximity.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026
  • The proximity to the Troubadour also made the restaurant a hangout for up-and-coming names in rock music.
    — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of proximity
Noun
  • The report says audiences spend more time with BBC television and streaming service iPlayer than all of the big SVOD players combined, and over 30 million people on average tune into BBC Radio every week.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
  • The way new songs were circulated in the 1800s, explains John Troutman, music curator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, was that words were published on broadsides or in magazines, to be applied to familiar tunes.
    — Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
Definition of tune
Noun
  • But for the second men’s Euros running, the side playing in their own backyard lost in the final, with Italy (four days) defeating England (three days) on penalties.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • In testing these erratic backyard toys, mathematicians were able to definitively determine how fluid forces cause a sprinkler to rotate when its flow is reversed.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
Definition of backyard

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