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

  • (..) available at o'clock, miles. I'm sorry Patrick. No, he's about to Newark, he's just out of the box. Hook'em back up. We need authorized news. Attention all aircraft in vicinity of JW, We see the USS ship... , low over the Hudson I got eyes on him Ok Hang on the chopper visuals. (..)
    2016 Sully