in the vicinity
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in the vicinity of — AROUND, about, nearly, circa, approaching, roughly, something like, more or less; in the region of, in the neighbourhood of, near to, close to; Brit. getting on for. → vicinity * * * in the vicinity of formal phrase … Useful english dictionary
in the vicinity of — (something) approximately a certain amount. The price for a house here is in the vicinity of $150,000. Usage notes: used with money, percentages, and numbers Etymology: based on the literal meaning of in the vicinity of (= near) … New idioms dictionary
in the vicinity of — his fortune is in the vicinity of four billion dollars Syn: around, about, nearly, circa, approaching, roughly, approximating, approximately, something like, more or less; in the region of, in the neighborhood of, near to, close to … Thesaurus of popular words
in the vicinity of — formal used before a number to show that it is not exact The present value is in the vicinity of £120,000 … English dictionary
in the vicinity — index close (near), present (attendant) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
in the vicinity of — index approximate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Observations, systematical and geographical, on the herbarium collected by Professor Christian Smith, in the vicinity of the Congo — First page of the original publication as Appendix V of James Kingston Tuckey s Narrative of an expedition to explore the River Zaire Observations, systematical and geographical, on the herbarium collected by Professor … Wikipedia
in the vicinity of something — in the vicinity of (something) approximately a certain amount. The price for a house here is in the vicinity of $150,000. Usage notes: used with money, percentages, and numbers Etymology: based on the literal meaning of in the vicinity of (=… … New idioms dictionary
be in the vicinity of — index approach, approximate, border (approach) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
in the vicinity — near, in the area, in the neighborhood, in the environs … English contemporary dictionary
