vicinity

C2 Topic:Places & Geography

US /vəˈsɪnəti/ UK /vəˈsɪnəti/ See IPA manual

Freq #10243

Meanings

1

noun
The area near or around a particular place.

The plane crashed in the vicinity of the airport.
2

noun
An approximate amount or size.

The repair will cost somewhere in the vicinity of five hundred dollars.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the area near or around a... neighborhood

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Forms vicinities

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Phrases (1)

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immediate vicinity
the area very close to a particular place

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From vicine + -ity, from Latin vīcīnitās (“neighborhood”) (compare French vicinité), from vīcīnus (“neighbor”) (compare French voisin), from vīcus (“village”).

*weyḱ- Proto-Indo-European vīcīnitās Latin

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Places & Geography Word Formation & Derivatives

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# vicinity

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /vəˈsɪnəti/
**IPA (UK):** /vəˈsɪnəti/
**Frequency rank:** 10243

## Meanings
1. The area near or around a particular place.
2. An approximate amount or size.

## Examples
- The plane crashed in the vicinity of the airport.
- The repair will cost somewhere in the vicinity of five hundred dollars.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *weyḱ-
- Root: vīcīnitās

## Etymology
From vicine + -ity, from Latin vīcīnitās (“neighborhood”) (compare French vicinité), from vīcīnus (“neighbor”) (compare French voisin), from vīcus (“village”).

## AI Etymology
Vicinity is from vicine + -ity, from Latin vīcīnitās (“neighborhood”) (compare French vicinité), from vīcīnus (“neighbor”) (compare French voisin), from vīcus (“village”). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. Important recorded forms include *weyḱ- (Proto-Indo-European) and vīcīnitās (Latin). Current senses include the area near or around a particular place and an approximate amount or size.

## Topics
- Places & Geography
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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