{
    "term": "vicinity",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the area around a particular place",
            "sensetop": "in the vicinity (of something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Crowds gathered in the vicinity of Trafalgar Square.",
                    "contextForm": "in the vicinity (of something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is no hospital **in the immediate vicinity**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police suggested that he leave the vicinity of the property."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He usually objected strongly to anyone smoking in his vicinity (= near him)."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/vəˈsɪnəti/",
                "audio": "vi/vicinity/vicinity__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/vəˈsɪnəti/",
                "audio": "vi/vicinity/vicinity__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘proximity’): from Latin vicinitas, from vicinus ‘neighbour’."
}