in the vicinity
very close to
TRANSLATION
in the vicinity = in der nahen Umgebung, im Nahbereich, in der Gegend von in the vicinity (fig.) = ungefähr, in der Gegend von --- GOOGLE INDEX in the vicinity: approximately 850,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
It isn't surprising that people who live IN THE VICINITY of Heathrow are unenthusiastic about expansion.
(The Times Online)
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A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its VICINITY freshen into smiles.
- Washington Irving, 19th century American author
(The Times Online)
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A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its VICINITY freshen into smiles.
- Washington Irving, 19th century American author
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in the vicinity (typically used with the preposition "of")
noun phrase
- to be located in a nearby or surrounding area (The new hotel will be built in the vicinity of the main train station.)
- approximate (The company says it will generate revenues in the vicinity of €400 million next year.)
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WORD ORIGIN
Vicinity is from the Latin vicinitas, "neighbourhood," from vicinus "neighbour, neighbouring," and from vicus "group of houses, village." Vicus in turn is related to the -wick and -wich often found in English place names such as Brunswick and Ipswich.
Many English towns contain suffixes that can be traced to a particular period in the country's history. Some names are Celtic in origin, some are Anglo-Saxon and others go back to Roman times.
-cester (Gloucester, Leicester) - cester was the Roman word for a fort or camp.
-ham (Birmingham, Nottingham) - From the term hamlet, literally small home, related to the Frankish "haim" or home.
-shire (Lancashire, Worcestershire) - Shires are actually administrative areas or counties. The first shires were created by the Anglo-Saxons in what is now central and southern England. Shires were controlled by a royal official known as a "shire reeve" or sheriff.
-ford (Stratford, Guilford) - A ford, from the Scandinavian fjord, is a water crossing and likely originated from the Viking period.
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SYNONYMS
close, close by, proximate, nearby, near to, not far from
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ANTONYMS
far away, remote,
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"When I travel to London, I always book into a nice hotel in the vicinity of Paddington Station."
noun phrase
- to be located in a nearby or surrounding area (The new hotel will be built in the vicinity of the main train station.)
- approximate (The company says it will generate revenues in the vicinity of €400 million next year.)
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WORD ORIGIN
Vicinity is from the Latin vicinitas, "neighbourhood," from vicinus "neighbour, neighbouring," and from vicus "group of houses, village." Vicus in turn is related to the -wick and -wich often found in English place names such as Brunswick and Ipswich.
Many English towns contain suffixes that can be traced to a particular period in the country's history. Some names are Celtic in origin, some are Anglo-Saxon and others go back to Roman times.
-cester (Gloucester, Leicester) - cester was the Roman word for a fort or camp.
-ham (Birmingham, Nottingham) - From the term hamlet, literally small home, related to the Frankish "haim" or home.
-shire (Lancashire, Worcestershire) - Shires are actually administrative areas or counties. The first shires were created by the Anglo-Saxons in what is now central and southern England. Shires were controlled by a royal official known as a "shire reeve" or sheriff.
-ford (Stratford, Guilford) - A ford, from the Scandinavian fjord, is a water crossing and likely originated from the Viking period.
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SYNONYMS
close, close by, proximate, nearby, near to, not far from
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ANTONYMS
far away, remote,
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"When I travel to London, I always book into a nice hotel in the vicinity of Paddington Station."
