Nearby

Definition: Nearby

Nearby

Adjective

1. Close at hand; "the nearby towns"; "concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus".

Adverb

1. Not far away in relative terms; "she works nearby"; "the planets orbiting nearby are Venus and Mars".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "nearby" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Crosswords: Nearby

There is nothing nearby Not for miles (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman)

I would not, if I knew there was a cat nearby. (The Secret of NIMH; writing credit: Don Bluth; Will Finn)

It's Willow, she's nearby. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Well, alright, I might not've been around, but I've been nearby. (Mary Tyler Moore; writing credit: Harold Jacob Smith)

There must be a house nearby. (The Blob; writing credit: Kay Linaker; Irving H. Millgate)

I said hi, I got a little place nearby. gotta go (The Call; performing artist: Backstreet Boys)

Just so you know, we're going to a place nearby (The Call; performing artist: Backstreet Boys)

And visit a nearby tower (Alone Again (Naturally); performing artist: Gilbert O'Sullivan)

Animals and birds who live nearby are dying (Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology); performing artist: Marvin Gaye)

When a mouse laughs at a cat, there's usually a hole nearby. (references; author: Arabian Proverb)

Never fear shadows; they simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Atlas of Nearby Galaxies (reference)

• Enjoying New Jersey Outdoors: A Year-Round Guide to Outdoor Recreation in the Garden State and Nearby (reference)

• Fodor's Toronto and Nearby Attractions (reference)

• Nearby History (Second Edition) (reference)

• Structure and Properties of Nearby Galaxies: Symposium No. 77 Held in Bad Munstereifel, F. R. G., August 22-26, 1977 (reference)

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Periodicals

• Cross Reference Directory Greater Wilmington And Following Nearby Points - North Carolina (reference)

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Music

• For Nearby Stars (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Shown is a close-up of the feet of a man standing on a bathroom scale with a towel lying nearby. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Pictured here is a trial run of a patient taken from CDC to a nearby medical center. A doctor is administering care to the patient with supportive help from the Isolation Unit medical staff. Credit: CDC.

Astronomers are using these three Hubble telescope images of nearby galaxies to help tackle ... Credit: NASA.

The planetary dust disk around the nearby star Beta Pictoris is dynamically "ringing like a ... Credit: NASA.

Star forming region in the nebula NCG 604, in the nearby sprial galaxy M33, as imaged by HST and the Mount Palomar telescope. Credit: NASA.

Vince's Cross at Hut Point Peninsula, McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Named for George Vince, a member of the Scott Discovery Expedition, who drowned nearby. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Volunteers hunt for discarded monofilament in the roots and branches of mangroves. A dead victim, a brown pelican floats in the water nearby. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Fishing boats at nearby Port Forchon, the newly created wetlands will help to support the numerous fishery resources found in this area. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

NSSL Doppler with rainshaft nearby. If you don't believe the radar, look out the window. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).

No-till farming helps prevent soil and water erosion and protects nearby water sources from sediment. Credit: Dot Paul.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Electrodes are temporarily placed in the vagina or rectum to stimulate nearby muscles. (references)

A clear fluid flows continuously in and out of this space and nourishes nearby tissues. (references)

The earliest signs of Alzheimer's are found in the nearby entorhinal cortex (not shown). (references)

Business

The sand was used to landfill the nearby beaches. (references)

Their bodies were found 3 days later in a nearby town. (references)

They have become an increasing annoyance to residents living nearby. (references)

Children

Ghana

During the atonement period, most girls do not live in the shrines, which generally are little more than fenced-in huts with small courtyards; many remain with their families or stay with members of the shrine living nearby. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cameroon

The country has long been a safehaven for displaced persons and refugees from nearby countries. (references)

Congo

Radio France Internationale continued to broadcast from nearby Brazzaville throughout the year. (references)

Economic History

Suriname

Thousands of Bush Negroes fled to nearby French Guiana. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Many Arabs from nearby countries are employed in the kingdom. (references)

Mexico

Ford Motor has a major plant located nearby in the city of Cuautitlan. (references)

Human Rights

Madagascar

Prisoners without relatives nearby sometimes go for days without food. (references)

Bangladesh

Persons who lived nearby reported hearing screams and groans during the night. (references)

Macedonia

In nearby Brest, police destroyed half of the homes in the village and two schools. (references)

Minorities

Bulgaria

There were similar calls to expel Roma from the nearby town of Oryakhovitsa. (references)

Tanzania

Fighting between these groups also reportedly had broken out earlier in the year in nearby Kilosa. (references)

East Timor

Residents reportedly targeted the mosque as a result of local animosity toward a Jordanian Rapid Reaction Unit based nearby. (references)

Political Economy

Eq. Guinea

Cameroon exports some food products to Equatorial Guinea and imports oil from Equatorial Guinea for its refinery at nearby Limbe. (references)

Eq. Guinea

Equatorial Guinea has warmer relations with Nigeria, and the Nigerian President made an official visit to Malabo in 2001. The two countries have delineated their offshore borders, which will facilitate development of nearby gas fields. (references)

MEXICO

In Mexico City and nearby industrial areas, Acapulco, southeast Veracruz state's refining and petrochemical zone, and most border areas, the daily minimum wage has been 37.90 pesos ($4.10 in late September 2000). However, daily minimum wage earners actually are paid 43.21 pesos, due to a 14 percent supplemental fiscal subsidy (tax credit to employers). (references)

Trade

Vietnam

Other U.S. banks operate out of operations centers in nearby countries. (references)

Argentina

The zone has neither ports nor a nearby commercial center of the magnitude of Buenos Aires (located at a distance of 660 kilometers). (references)

West Bank

In Tulkarem, the USG plans to support the creation of a High Technology Development Park that would develop links with the nearby Israeli high technology sector. (references)

Travel

Romania

All major cities of Romania have airline service nearby and are connected to the Bucharest hub. (references)

Maldives

Transportation between the airport and Male', as well as nearby resort islands, is by motorized water taxis called dhonis. (references)

Czech Rep

For major operations and complicated illnesses, most Westerners return to the USA or go to nearby Germany or the U.K.. We recommend travel insurance sufficient to cover costs of medical evacuation out of country. (references)

Worker Rights

Mexico

In Acapulco, Mexico City, and nearby industrial areas, southeast Veracruz state's refining and petrochemical zone, and most border areas, the minimum daily wage was set at $4.48 (40.35 pesos). (references)

Madagascar

In recent years, there have been a few credible reports that women and girls were trafficked to the nearby islands of Reunion and Mauritius for prostitution; however, the number of such cases is unknown. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "nearby": nearby resident. Additional references.

Afrikaans

naby (about, at, beside, by, close, near, near to, next, next to), naburig (adjacent, neighbouring), na (about, after, behind, close, near, to, toward, towards), langsaan, eerskomende (close, near, nearest, next), aanstaande (close, near, next), langs (alongside, at, beside, by, near, near to, next, next to), by (around, at, beside, by, for, near, near to, next, next to, with), aan (at, beside, by, from, near, near to, next, next to, of, on, since, to, toward, towards, upon, with). (various references)

Albanian

afër (about, at, at hand, beside, by, close, close to, hard by, near, near to, next to, nigh). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مجاور (adjoining, contiguous, neighbor, neighboring, neighbour, neighbouring, next door), ‏قريب (adjacent, akin, approaching, close, cognate, connection, connexion, contiguous, impending, kin, kinsman, near, nearer, next of kin, nigh, on familiar terms, propinquity, related, relational, relative, thereabout, thereabouts), ‏بحوالي (about). (various references)

Basque

ondoan (next to). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съседен (adjacent, adjoining, conterminal, conterminous, contiguous, coterminous, neighbor, neighboring, neighbour, neighbouring, next, next door, vicinal), разположен наблизо, към (about, around, into, of, off, on, somewhere about, to, towards, unto, with), в съседство с (next), близо до (alongside, by, near, next, nigh). (various references)

Catalan

pròxim (close, near, next). (various references)

Chinese 

附近 (neighboring, next to, vicinity). (various references)

Czech

nedaleký (not far), vedle (beside, beside the point, by, next door, next to, to), v sousedství, sousední (adjacent, bordering, neighboring, next door), poblíž (close by, near), blízký (close, near). (various references)

Danish

nær (about, close, near). (various references)

Dutch

hiernaast, ernaast, daarnaast (besides, in addition, moreover). (various references)

Esperanto

najbara (adjacent, neighbouring), proksime (close, near), proksima (close, near, next), apude, apud (at, beside, by, near, near to, next to). (various references)

Faeroese

nær (about, as, close, near, when), náminda (about, close, near), undir liðini á (at, beside, by, near, near to, next to), fyri hond (about, close, near), øðrumegin við (at, beside, by, near, near to, next to). (various references)

Finnish

vieressä (at, beside, by, from close by, from the side of, near, near to, next to), viereinen (adjacent, close by, next), viereen (adjacent, close by, next), seuraava aktiivinen myyntikuukausi (nearby month), läheinen (adjacent, close, intimate, near, near-by, next). (various references)

French

proche (near, neighbor, next), prochaine (near, next), près (near), auprès (near). (various references)

Frisian

neistlizzend (adjacent, adjoining, neighbouring), takomme (close, near, next), oankomme (arrive, close, end up, get, near, next), by (at, beside, by, near, near to, next to). (various references)

German

nahegelegen, nah (approaching, close, close to, closely, impending, near), nahe bei (close to, near to), nahe (about, close, contiguous, kinship, near, next, nigh). (various references)

Greek 

κοντινός (adjacent), κοντά (about, close, near), γειτονικόσ (adjacent, contiguous, neighboring, neighborly, neighbouring, neighbourly), πλησίον (about, beside, by, close, near, nearly, nigh, toward, towards). (various references)

Hawaiian

afërm (close, intimate, near, next, relations, relatives), afër (at, beside, by, near, near to, next to). (various references)

Hungarian

szomszédos (adjacent, adjoining, in contiguity, neighbor, neighboring, neighbour, neighbouring, next, next door, to abut). (various references)

Indonesian

dekat (at, by, close, imminent, near, nigh). (various references)

Irish

i n-aice (at, beside, by, next to). (various references)

Italian

vicino (about, adjacent, by, close, convenient, early, forthcoming, handy, near, near by, neighbor, neighboring, neighbour, neighbouring, next, nigh). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

傍ら (beside, while). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そばちかく, ひりん (equal, match, peer, vicinty), まぢか (nearness, proximity, soon), ほとり (neighbourhood, vicinity), かたわらに (beside), かたわら (beside, while), あたり (hit, neighborhood, neighbourhood, per ..., reaching the mark, success, vicinity), もより (nearest, neighbouring), ちかま (proximity). (various references)

Korean 

가까이에. (various references)

Manx

ry laue. (various references)

Norwegian

nær (at, beside, by, close, near, near to, next to). (various references)

Occitan

prèp. (various references)

Papiamen

aserka. (various references)

Pig Latin

earbynay.(various references)

Polish

obok (at, beside, by, near, near to, next to), blisko (about, close, near), bliski (close, near, next). (various references)

Portuguese

próximo (approximate, by, close, close by, coming, convenient, forthcoming, near, neighbor, neighboring, neighbour, neighbouring, next, next-door, oncoming, proximate, speedy, up). (various references)

Romanian

pînå (at, beside, by, near, near to, next to), lîngå (at, beside, by, near, near to, next to), aproape de (about, anigh, around, at, beside, by, near, near to, next to, toward, towards), aproape (about, afar, all but, almost, anigh, approximately, as good as, at one's elbow, at the point of, close, close by, close upon, far, far away, hard, immediately, just about, little or nothing, near, near by, nearly, neighbor, neighbour, nigh, remotely, some, soon, thereabouts). (various references)

Russian 

соседний (near-by, neighbor, neighbour, next, next door, surrounding, vicinal). (various references)

Scottish

faisg (at, beside, by, near, near to, near to it, near: See fagus, next to, pick off vermin: for root See caisg), aig (at, beside, by, in the possession of, near, near to, next to). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

obližnji (near, neighbor, neighboring, neighbour, neighbouring, vicinal), blizu (by, close, close to, hard, near, near to, nearly, vicinity: in the vicinity). (various references)

Spanish

cerca (aboard, about, around, by, close, fence, near, nigh, short), próximo (approaching, close, coming, following, forthcoming, future, handy, impending, near, next, proximate), entrante (bight, close, entrant, following, future, inbound, incoming, ingoing, inlet, near, new, next, starter). (various references)

Swahili

karibu (near). (various references)

Swedish

närbelägen (neighboring, neighbouring), i närheten (around). (various references)

Tagalog

malápit (at, beside, by, near, near to, next to). (various references)

Thai

ใกล้เคียง (neighbor, neighbour), แค่เอื้อม. (various references)

Turkish

yanında (alongside, at the side of, beside, by, by the side of, close by, hard, in one's hearing), yakında (at hand, ere long, fast by, hard by, incidentally, near, round, shortly, soon), civarında (in the neighborhood of, in the neighbourhood of, on, some, thereabout, thereabouts). (various references)

Ukrainian

сусідній (adjacent, adjoining, near, neighbor, neighboring, neighbour, neighbouring, next, next door, surrounding), неподалік (about, around), недалеко (about, near), недалекий (dim witted, half cocked, simple), майже (about, all but, almost, anear, approximately, as good as, but, half, hard upon, just about, much, near, nearly, next door to, next to, nigh, nighly, practically, quasi, quite, well nigh, within), близький (agnate, akin, allied, approximate, congenial, contiguous, familiar, intimate, near, neighbor, neighbour, nigh), поблизу (about, alongside, anear, anigh, around, aside, beside, by, hereabout, hereabouts, hereby, near, nigh, thereabout, thereabouts, thereby), по сусідству (adjacently). (various references)

Yucatec

naats' (at, beside, by, near, near to, next to). (various references)

Zulu

eduze (at, beside, by, near, near to, next to). (various references)

vicina, vicinae, vicinarum, vicinas, vicini, viciniorem, vicinis, vicino, vicinos, vicinum, vicinus. (various references)

gehende. (various references)

Misspellings

"Nearby" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Endaby, hearby, narb, nearbys, nearty, neary, neery, Negambo, Negarty, nerb, nerbs, Ngarba, Ngarbaye. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: barny, barye, yearn, yerba.

-2 letters: abye, aery, bane, bare, barn, bean, bear, brae, bran, bray, bren, byre, earn, eyra, nabe, nary, near, yare, yarn, yean, year.

-3 letters: aby, ane, any, arb, are, aye, ban, bar, bay, ben, bey, bra, bye, ear, era, ern, nab, nae, nay, neb, ran, ray, reb, rya, rye, yar.

+1 letter: abhenry, beanery, blarney.

+2 letters: abhenrys, bankerly, barrenly, barytone, blarneys, boneyard, brazenly, nabobery, urbanely.

+3 letters: aberrancy, baneberry, baronetcy, barytones, betraying, bewraying, blarneyed, boneyards, bystander, cabinetry, cranberry, embryonal, endurably, renewably, venerably, yabbering.

+4 letters: aberrantly, absorbency, barleycorn, bewearying, blarneying, bystanders, chinaberry, corybantes, cybernated, debonairly, emblazonry, inexorably, loganberry, prebendary, reasonably, rowanberry, terminably, unbearably, vulnerably.

+5 letters: abhorrently, banteringly, barleycorns, beneficiary, bicentenary, bimillenary, brainlessly, candleberry, cybernation, denumerably, embracingly, embryonated, exuberantly, hyperborean, impregnably, inalterably, innumerably, inseparably, insuperably, intolerably, keyboarding, nonverbally, observantly, presentably, rentability, salmonberry, treasonably, unalterably, undesirably, unendurably, unmemorably, unutterably.