Nearby Meaning
/ˌnɪə(ɹ)ˈbaɪ/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjAdjacent, near, close by.
advNext to, close to.
Sentence Examples
The farmer that lived nearby came to investigate.
We could hear the donnnng ... donnnng of the church bells nearby.
Her mother lived in a nearby town.
CEFR Practice Quiz
We ate at a great ____ restaurant after the long movie finally ended.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We decided to have dinner at a ____ restaurant instead of cooking at home.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English ner-bi, neer by, equivalent to near + by.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Seals are flourishing about 50 miles farther south, too. In 2021, a group of grey seals established the first seal colony in nearby Suffolk and began breeding on a remote shingle beach at Orford Ness, now a National Trust site but once the location for cold war weapons-testing."
— 2024 December 26, Donna Ferguson, “‘Britain’s wildlife safari’: baby boom in Norfolk as seal colonies flourish”, in The Guardian:
"In each of these markets the nearbys are almost invariably at a discount — a discount that tends to widen in bull markets and narrow in bear markets."
— 1984, Jack D. Schwager, A Complete Guide to the Futures Markets, page 496:
"The deferred contract should be expected to rise, and buying the deferred while selling the nearby is then profitable."
— 1989, Raymond M. Leuthold, Joan C. Junkus, Jean E. Cordier, The Theory and Practice of Futures Markets, page 67:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
We ate at a great ____ restaurant after the long movie finally ended.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We decided to have dinner at a ____ restaurant instead of cooking at home.