vicinity

Definition

  • noun: the area around or near a particular place
  • noun: the quality or state of being near
  • synonyms: neighborhood, vicinage, nearness

Examples

  • His yearly salary is 'in the vicinity of' [='in the neighborhood of'] one million dollars.

  • She lives in Los Angeles, or somewhere in that/the 'vicinity'. [=somewhere near there]

  • He lives 'in the' general/immediate 'vicinity of' the school.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) The fire's set off the halo system ! You have to wait a few minutes, until the gas clears. Put this on. Alright, let's get to work. All units in the vicinity. All units able to respond: A in progress at Kramer Street, the Cyberdyne building. Suspect is white, female. (..)
    1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day