Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Meaning of vicinity

Vicinity [noun]
Pronunciation: vi·cin·i·ty [və sínnətee]
Defination:
1. surrounding region: a neighborhood, or the surrounding region of a place Homes in the vicinity of the fire were evacuated.
2. proximity: an area near something else
3. approximation: an approximate amount





Synonyms:

Nearness
Closeness
Neighbourhood
Propinquity
Proximity
Environs
Area
District
Precincts
Locality

Antonyms:

Distance
Space
Extent
Range
Span
Reach
Remoteness
Lenght
Farness
Width

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Sentence:

-two restaurants in close vicinity.
-All unsupported bodies in the near vicinity of the earth fall
-The announcement coming from the mikes hanging at a railway station echoed entire vicinity and increased the chaos
-Which art galleries are in the vicinity of Heathrow Airport in London?
-Movie about a giant alligator that attacks people in the vicinity of a lake?
-What type of bedrock you can expect in the areas in the vicinity of Lake Ontario?
-When measuring a melting point why is it necessary to raise the tempeatre very slowly in the vicinity of the melting temperature?
-Is it possible to get a digital or electronic compass that is not affected by steel structures in its close vicinity?
-How do you disable an alarm that is continuously beeping on a 1989 Probe that seems to be coming from the vicinity of the Speed Alarm or Keyboard area above the stereo?

Link to search this word in various Dictionary:


  1. vicinity : Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
  2. vicinity : Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
  3. vicinity : Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  4. vicinity : Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
  5. Vicinity : Wiktionary [home, info]
  6. vicinity : Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  7. vicinity : The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  8. vicinity : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  9. vicinity : Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  10. vicinity : Dictionary.com [home, info]
  11. vicinity : Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
  12. vicinity : UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
  13. vicinity : Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  14. Vicinity : Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  15. Vicinity : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  16. vicinity : Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
  17. vicinity : Rhymezone [home, info]
  18. vicinity : AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  19. vicinity : Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  20. vicinity : Free Dictionary [home, info]
  21. vicinity : WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  22. vicinity : LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  23. vicinity : Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]



Related word:

Propinquity:[noun]
pro·pin·qui·ty [prə píngkwətee]
Nearness--nearness in space, time, or relationship (formal)
The property of being close together
Proximity or nearness in character.

Sentence:

-Propinquity is one of the factors in having Window in the home.
-Should I dissemble your statements one upon one or allow you the propinquity to find the proper respect with which you could not find at your disposal?
-He has a propensity for overeating that is encouraged by a propinquity to tasty edibles.
Note:
There is a little-used adjective, "propinquitous," but not much else in the line of related words.
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Proximity: [noun]
prox·im·i·ty [prok símmətee]
closeness: closeness in space or time
The property of being close together
The region close around a person or thing

Sentence:

-How do you handle working in close proximity with your ex and the friends at work who have taken sides?
-What is the name of the space between two neurons where the termination of the axon of the first neuron comes into close proximity with the dendrites of another?
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Environs [noun]
en·vi·rons [in vrənz, in v ərnz]
- surrounding areas: the land or area surrounding a place
-the area in which something exists or lives
-the area surrounding a place, especially a town
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Precincts: [noun]
pre·cinct [pr sìngkt]
1. electoral district: a small electoral district of a city or town, part of a ward
2. city area patrolled by police unit: a district of a city or town under a particular unit of the police force
3. police unit or station: the police unit or police station of a city or town district
4. U.K. special part of town: a part of a town designated for a particular use, especially an area accessible only to pedestrians or a purpose-built area containing many stores
a shopping precinct

5. boundary: a boundary marking out an area
6. A district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes

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