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{ "term": "vicinity", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "the area around a particular place", "sensetop": "in the vicinity (of something)", "examples": [ { "text": "Crowds gathered in the vicinity of Trafalgar Square.", "contextForm": "in the vicinity (of something)" }, { "text": "There is no hospital **in the immediate vicinity**." }, { "text": "The police suggested that he leave the vicinity of the property." }, { "text": "He usually objected strongly to anyone smoking in his vicinity (= near him)." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/vəˈsɪnəti/", "audio": "vi/vicinity/vicinity__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/vəˈsɪnəti/", "audio": "vi/vicinity/vicinity__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘proximity’): from Latin vicinitas, from vicinus ‘neighbour’." }