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vicinity

n. uncountable
B2 Upper Intermediate US //vəˈsɪnəti// UK //vɪsˈɪnɪti// vicin·i·ty

n. the area near or around a specific place. You use this when talking about things that are close to where you are.

n. the area surrounding a particular place; proximity in space or relationship. Often used in the prepositional phrase 'in the vicinity of'.


SIMPLE

There are no good restaurants in the immediate vicinity.

CONTEXTUAL

The police searched the vicinity of the park for the missing keys but found nothing.

COMPLEX

While the property itself is modest, its location in the vicinity of the new tech hub has caused its market value to triple over the last decade.

Synonyms
Origin

From vicine + -ity, from Latin vīcīnitās (“neighborhood”) (compare French vicinité), from vīcīnus (“neighbor”) (compare French voisin), from vīcus (“village”).

Usage

Usually appears in the singular form, often following the preposition 'in'.

Pitfall

in the vicinity to the stationin the vicinity of the stationVicinity takes the preposition 'of' to indicate the reference point, not 'to'.

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