C2nounformaltravelhome
US/vəˈsɪn.ə.ti/
UK/vɪˈsɪn.ə.ti/
the area around or near a particular place
In context
There are three good schools in the vicinity of our new apartment.
Police asked anyone who was in the vicinity at the time to come forward.
The hotel is in the immediate vicinity of the night market.
Words that go with vicinity
noun + preposition
- vicinity ofThe house sold for something in the vicinity of two million dollars.
adjective + noun
- immediate vicinityNo one in the immediate vicinity heard the explosion.
- general vicinityThe phone was last traced to the general vicinity of the station.
- close vicinitySeveral hospitals are located in close vicinity to the airport.
- local vicinityMost of our customers live in the local vicinity.