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.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Greg Hare:

   It was found near the top of a snow-capped mountain in South West Yukon, it was an incredible discovery, we really did n’t intend to be on that [ ice ] patch on that day. VIKING SWORD DISCOVERY : HUNTER FINDS 1,100-YEAR-OLD WEAPON ON NORWEGIAN MOUNTAIN The archaeologists were travelling in two helicopters with a documentary film crew when they noticed caribou on the ice patch they were planning to land on. Instead, the helicopter landed on a small nearby patch of snow where Senior Project Archaeologist Christian Thomas quickly spotted the arrow.

2. Brigadier Thembinkosi Kinana:

   On Wednesday night, our members were alerted to this particular incident by a member of the community, who reported that four young men in their 20s have been burned alive in an open field in Lady Frere, the SAPS members responded to the call and immediately rushed to the crime scene where The SAPS members found the deceased lying bent on the ground. While the detectives were busy working and processing the crime scene, another report came through that two more bodies of young men were found hanged in a nearby forest in an administrative area known as Maqhashu.

3. Alice Gorman:

   All we need is a rocket to land nearby and blow dust all over of them. Or lunar vehicle to drive too close to that site and kicks all the dust up and that's it, they're gone.

4. Wilson Shoffner:

   The idea is to reduce checkpoints and to consolidate onto strong points, so that not only does that strong point have the strength to defend itself, but so it also has a maneuver capability, so if there is a security situation in a nearby village or checkpoint, it's got enough combat power to overwhelm whatever the security threat is.

5. Nadia AhmadNadia Ahmad:

   I didn't care if I stuck out like a sore thumb, i remember a few days later when I went back to my LSAT class and stopped at a nearby gas station, a man yelled at me,' Go back to your country.' I stared back at him and his pathetic existence and walked away.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

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