vicinity
/vəˈsɪnəti/ noun C2- Proximity; the state of being near. · There was a crackling sound in the vicinity of my right ear.
- Neighbourhood; nearby region; surrounding area. · There is a hurricane in the vicinity of the Bahamas.
- Approximate size or amount. · I weigh in the vicinity of 80kg.
Plural vicinities
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“I know nothing for certain; only I have seen things which induce me to believe, as I told you, that the future captain will find some annoyance in the vicinity of the Vieilles Infirmeries.”
I then set to work calling upon all the hotels and lodging-houses in the vicinity of Euston.
You see, I argued that if Drebber and his companion had become separated, the natural course for the latter would be to put up somewhere in the vicinity for the night, and then to hang about the station again next morning.”
The vicinity was one that kept early hours.
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