nearby
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- adjective
- /ˈnɪrˌbaɪ/
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- We went to a nearby hotel.
- a nearby hospital
- a nearby school
- a nearby town
He lists small towns to visit, nearby archaeological sites, ruins.
- He lists small towns to visit, nearby archaeological sites, ruins.
- And then the teacher took her students to a nearby assisted living facility.
- At one point we went to a nearby restaurant just to get a meal.
- We'll be on the nearby stars in four years.
- But there are many many more nearby so and they are incoherent.
- You detect a nearby trajectory change out here.
- They can't lensed objects or nearby objects that low fire detects either.
Examples
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Sign up for a workshop at a nearby college, public library, or community center.
Academic text (2011) -
Let me see if there's a hardware store nearby because I am sick right now.
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At one point we went to a nearby restaurant just to get a meal.
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Our families took us to a nearby clinic.
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And then the teacher took her students to a nearby assisted living facility.
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His car was found at the nearby Deer Park Golf Club.
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The story begins one year earlier in nearby Memphis.
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Natalie was airlifted to a nearby hospital, where she died later that night.
Academic text (2011) -
The baby had wandered over to a nearby gravestone with fresh flowers placed before it.
Fiction book (1990) -
There is a park located nearby where we can have a picnic.
Synonyms
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Near in space, time, or degree
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At a short distance in space or time
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Next to something, often sharing a border or edge
Next to another place or area, sharing a border
Antonyms
How Close
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nearby combines near and by, words that both mean 'close' or 'next to'. That's why a nearby shop is one that is 'close to' the place you are.