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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’."
}