The meaning of Vicinity

noun

A region or part of a town, a country, or the world.

Usage examples:

Rural areas of britain

noun

A part of the earth’s surface of land and water, or a particular part of a country, city, town, etc.

Usage examples:

An industrial/suburban/mountainous area, this area of the brain is called the cerebral cortex., his…

noun

A particular part of a place, piece of land, or country

Usage examples:

This is an area of the city where 48% of the properties are rental properties., our goal is to grow…

noun

An area of a country or city, especially one characterized by a particular feature or activity.

Usage examples:

A coal-mining district

verb

Divide into areas.

Usage examples:

The committee districted the city into blocks

noun

An area of a country, state, or city that has been given fixed borders for official purposes, or one having a particular feature that makes it different from surrounding areas

Usage examples:

The theater district in new york is in midtown manhattan.

noun

An area of territory owned or controlled by a particular ruler or government.

Usage examples:

The french domains of the plantagenets

verb

Surround; enclose.

Usage examples:

The stone circle was environed by an expanse of peat soil

plural noun

The surrounding area or district.

Usage examples:

The picturesque environs of the loch

noun

A place where something happens or is set, or that has particular events associated with it.

Usage examples:

Her summers were spent in a variety of exotic locales

noun

An area or place, esp. one where something special happens

Usage examples:

The film’s locale is venice in the summer of 1957.

noun

An area or place, especially one where something special happens, such as the action in a book or film

Usage examples:

The book's locale is a coastal town in the summer of 1958.

noun

The position or site of something.

Usage examples:

The rock's size and locality

noun

A particular area or neighborhood

Usage examples:

The schools work with states, localities, teachers, and parents.

noun

A particular area of a state or country

Usage examples:

The plan includes support for small businesses to modernize manufacturing in the locality., the min…

noun

A district or community within a town or city.

Usage examples:

She lived in a wealthy neighbourhood of boston

noun

An area of a town, or the people who live or work in this area

Usage examples:

The company aims to set up a nursery school in every neighbourhood., the $150 million bond issue wi…

noun

A particular position, point, or area in space; a location.

Usage examples:

I can't be in two places at once

verb

Put in a particular position.

Usage examples:

A newspaper had been placed beside my plate

noun

An area, town, building, etc.

Usage examples:

Her garden was a cool pleasant place to sit., what was the name of that place we drove through on t…

noun

The area within the walls or perceived boundaries of a particular building or place.

Usage examples:

A former mp who still works in the precincts of the house

noun

A division of a city or town, esp. an area protected by one police station, or a division used for elections

Usage examples:

The private precincts of the university

noun

An area of a town or city where there are a lot of shops, and where traffic is not allowed

Usage examples:

A shopping/pedestrian precinct, the voter turnout in the precinct was low compared to the rest of t…

noun

Each of four equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided.

Usage examples:

She cut each apple into quarters

verb

Divide into four equal or corresponding parts.

Usage examples:

Peel and quarter the bananas

noun

An area, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.

Usage examples:

The equatorial regions

noun

A particular area or part of a state, country, or the earth’s surface

Usage examples:

Wheat is the major crop of this region., he’s complaining of pain in the lower abdominal region., a…

noun

A particular area or part of the world, or one of the areas into which a country is divided

Usage examples:

The less-developed regions of the world, coastal regions of the country have much better infrastruc…

noun

An area or portion that is distinct from others.

Usage examples:

Operations in the southern sector of the north sea

noun

A part of society that can be separated from other parts because of its own special character

Usage examples:

The farm sector, the nonprofit sector, she works in the private/public sector (= for a business/gov…

noun

One of the areas of activity that a country's economy is divided into

Usage examples:

The agricultural/industrial/manufacturing sector, the banking/business/financial sector, the it/tec…

plural noun

The things and conditions around a person or thing.

Usage examples:

I took up the time admiring my surroundings

plural noun

The place where you live and the conditions in which you live

Usage examples:

Everyone wants safe, comfortable surroundings.

verb

Be all round (someone or something).

Usage examples:

The hotel is surrounded by its own gardens

noun

A thing that forms a border or edging round an object.

Usage examples:

An oak fireplace surround

phrase

The area that is near and around a place

Usage examples:

The house is set in lush surrounds and has views of the ocean., the film was shot in the stunningly…

noun

An area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state.

Usage examples:

Sorties into enemy territory

noun

An area of land, sea, or space, esp. when it belongs to or is connected with a particular country, person, or animal

Usage examples:

[ u ] maryland gave up territory to form washington, dc., [ c ] the un is sending aid to the occupi…

noun

An area of a town, country, etc. that someone has responsibility for in their job

Usage examples:

A salesman's failure to achieve apparently realistic targets might be due to a change in the size o…

noun

An area or stretch of land having a particular characteristic, purpose, or use, or subject to particular restrictions.

Usage examples:

A pedestrian zone

verb

Divide into or assign to zones.

Usage examples:

The park has been zoned into four distinct bioregions, each with its own ecological identity