Antonyms for vicinity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : vi-sin-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : vɪˈsɪn ɪ ti |
Definition of vicinity
Origin :- 1560, "nearness in place," from Latin vicinitas "of or pertaining to neighbors or a neighborhood," from vicinus "neighbor, neighboring," from vicus "group of houses, village," related to the -wick, -wich in English place names, from PIE *weik- (see villa). Meaning "surrounding district" is first attested 1796.
- noun local area
- It was evidently changed by the vicinity of the larger river.
- Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
- In height he was about five feet ten inches; and in age, somewhere in the vicinity of thirty.
- Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
- None of the strongholds are proof against Irish sympathizers, in their vicinity.
- Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
- Especially did she search the loose, sandy soil in its vicinity for tracks.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- In the vicinity of the Grotto one could see now as clearly as in the daytime.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- Two bedrooms in the vicinity of the sitting-room were assigned to us.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- The people of the vicinity have erected a temple there for the Dragon Princess.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- Yet for some time No. 13 had looked like all the other houses in the vicinity.
- Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various
- I could detect no lifeboats in the vicinity nor could I raise any on the radio.
- Extract from : « The Issahar Artifacts » by Jesse Franklin Bone
- "It ought to be somewhere in this vicinity," he suddenly said.
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
Synonyms for vicinity
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