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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.
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.
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”.
If something is nearby, it is only a short distance away. He might easily have been seen by someone who lived nearby. American English : nearby / nɪərˈbaɪ /
I went to the forest nearby and got the elephant his food, and as he started to eat I began to cook my own meal. From Project Gutenberg The two engineers, being idle, had drunk liquor and were trying to tease the animals nearby.
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.
Definition of nearby – Learner’s Dictionary. nearby. adjective, adverb. uk / ˌnɪəˈbaɪ / us. B1. not far away: a nearby town / village. An old friend of mine has just moved nearby. More examples. Were you anywhere nearby when the accident happened? Ambulances raced the injured to a nearby hospital.
Definition of nearby adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
