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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.
Nearby definition: close at hand; not far off; adjacent; neighboring. See examples of NEARBY used in a sentence.
: 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.
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/
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.
Definition of nearby adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
adverb. /ˌnɪəˈbaɪ/ /ˌnɪrˈbaɪ/ a short distance from somebody/something; not far away. They live nearby. The car is parked nearby. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.
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.
