Associations to the word «Nearby»

Wiktionary

NEARBY, adjective. Adjacent, near, very close
NEARBY, adverb. Next to, close to

Dictionary definition

NEARBY, adverb. Not far away in relative terms; "she works nearby"; "the planets orbiting nearby are Venus and Mars".
NEARBY, adjective. Close at hand; "the nearby towns"; "concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.