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adjective
- 1. not far away; close: "he slung his jacket over a nearby chair"
adverb
- 1. close by: "his four sisters live nearby"
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B1. not far away: If there's a café nearby, we could stop for a snack. I noticed a policeman standing nearby. We stopped at some nearby shops to buy some food. Fewer examples. Water was pumped from a nearby lake in an attempt to damp down the flames.
not far away in distance; close: A police officer was standing nearby. We walked to a nearby park. (Definition of nearby from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of nearby. nearby. Continuing down the road there are several attractions nearby to keep you busy for days. From International Business Times.
: close at hand. Synonyms. close-up. immediate. near. neighboring. next-door. nigh. proximate. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of nearby in a Sentence. grabbed the nearby quilt and gently laid it over the sleeping child I'll be nearby if you need anything.
Nearby definition: close at hand; not far off; adjacent; neighboring. See examples of NEARBY used in a sentence.
If something is nearby, it is only a short distance away. He might easily have been seen by someone who lived nearby. He spoke softly to a couple standing nearby.
Definitions of nearby. adverb. not far away in relative terms. “she works nearby ” “the planets orbiting nearby are Venus and Mars” adjective. close at hand. “the nearby towns” “concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus” synonyms: close, near, nigh. not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances. Pronunciation. US. /nirˈbaɪ/
Define nearby. nearby synonyms, nearby pronunciation, nearby translation, English dictionary definition of nearby. adj. Located a short distance away; close at hand. adv. Not far away: She lives downtown and works nearby.
B1. not far away: a nearby town / village. An old friend of mine has just moved nearby. Fewer examples. Were you anywhere nearby when the accident happened? Ambulances raced the injured to a nearby hospital. The explosion wrecked several cars and damaged nearby buildings. Buildings nearby were damaged by the explosion.
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close at hand; not far off; adjacent; neighboring: a nearby village. adv. in the neighborhood or vicinity; close by: She works nearby. 1425–75; late Middle English; see near, by. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
