Definitions for nearby
ˈnɪərˈbaɪnear·by

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. nearbyadverb

   close at hand

   "the nearby towns"; "concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus"

2. nearbyadverb

   not far away in relative terms

   "she works nearby"; "the planets orbiting nearby are Venus and Mars"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nearbyadverb

   next to, close to

   I'm glad my friends live nearby where I can visit them.

2. nearbyadjective

   adjacent, near, very close

   He stopped at a nearby store for some groceries.

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1. Nearby

   Nearby (previously named WNM Live / Who's Near Me) was a location-based social networking service. Nearby was originally launched in June 2010.. The site closed in September 2021 following a significant data break.

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1. nearby

   Nearby refers to a close proximity or short distance from a certain point or location. It implies that a person, object, or place is not far away and can be reached relatively easily or quickly. The specific distance that is considered "nearby" can vary depending on the context.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'nearby' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4078

2. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'nearby' in Adverbs Frequency: #366

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'nearby' in Adjectives Frequency: #561

Anagrams for nearby »

1. barney

2. Barney

How to pronounce nearby?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say nearby in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of nearby in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of nearby in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of nearby in a Sentence

1. Jeffrey Fowle:

   I thought I was going to the detention camp, or to trial, or something. I went from my guest house to a nearby hotel, then some well-dressed North Korean man came in and said 'Kim Jong Un has recommended that you be released.' And that was the first thing I heard about it.

2. Vladimir Khokhlov:

   I can’t live without bathing daily in cold water, it’s like a drug, if there’s no river nearby I have to find another way to pour cold water over myself from head to foot.

3. Upul Chandana:

   This is not available in the hospital anymore. Even nearby pharmacies have run out of stock, now, even with money, we can't find the medicine.

4. Joerg Bauer:

   We are about to introduce a double-shift at our plant in Neukirch, open a bigger factory building in nearby Lindau and increase our staff from 40 currently to 60.

5. Tomoharu Oka:

   Investigations of gas motion with radio telescopes may provide a complementary way to search for dark black holes, the ongoing wide area survey observations of the Milky Way with the Nobeyama 45-m telescope and high-resolution observations of nearby galaxies using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have the potential to increase the number of black hole candidates dramatically.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=nearby
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nearby
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nearby
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com