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.

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