nearby

See also: near by and near-by

English

Etymology

From Middle English ner-bi, neer by, equivalent to near +‎ by.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnɪə(ɹ)ˈbaɪ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ

Adjective

nearby (comparative more nearby, superlative most nearby)

1. adjacent, near, close by

   He stopped at a nearby store for some groceries.

Alternative forms

• near-by

Synonyms

• close; see also Thesaurus:near

Translations

adjacent

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: hurbil
• Breton: e-kichen (br)
• Bulgarian: близък (bg) (blizǎk), съседен (bg) (sǎseden)
• Catalan: proper (ca), pròxim (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 近 (kan⁵)

  Mandarin: 近 (zh) (jìn)

• Dutch: dichtbij (nl)
• Esperanto: apuda
• Finnish: lähellä (fi)
• French: proche (fr)
• Gallurese: accultu
• German: nahe gelegen
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌴𐍈 (nēƕ)
• Greek: κοντινός (el) (kontinós)

  Ancient: ἐγγύς (engús)

• Hungarian: közeli (hu)
• Italian: accanto (it)
• Khmer: ក្បែរ (km) (kbae)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: propinquus (la)
• Malagasy: akaiky (mg)
• Malayalam: സമീപത്തെ (samīpatte)
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: лишыл (ĺišyl)

• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nærliggende

• Portuguese: próximo (pt)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: affaccu

  Logudorese: affacca

• Sassarese: accostu
• Scots: naurby
• Slovak: blízky, vedľajší
• Spanish: cercano (es), próximo (es)
• Sundanese: dengket
• Swedish: i närheten, nära (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: gần (vi), bên cạnh đó
• Volapük: nilik (vo)
• Welsh: agos (cy)

Adverb

nearby (comparative more nearby, superlative most nearby)

1. next to, close to

   I'm glad my friends live nearby where I can visit them.

Alternative forms

• near by

Derived terms

• is there a grocery store nearby

Translations

close to

• Assamese: ওচৰে-পাঁজৰে (üsore-pãzore), আশে-পাশে (axe-paxe)
• Bulgarian: наблизо (bg) (nablizo)
• Catalan: a prop (ca), a la vora
• Chamicuro: a'lotsi'ta
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 在附近 (zh) (zài fùjìn)

• Czech: blízko (cs)
• Dutch: dichtbij (nl), nabij (nl)
• Esperanto: apude (eo)
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: lähellä (fi), lähistöllä (fi)
• French: à proximité (fr)
• German: nebenan (de), in der Nähe, nah (de)
• Greek: κοντά (el) (kontá)

  Ancient: πέλας (pélas), ἐγγύς (engús), (Epic) ἄγχι (ánkhi)

• Hindi: पास (hi) (pās), पास में (hi) (pās mẽ)
• Irish: in aice láimhe, in aice láithreach
• Italian: vicino (a) (it)
• Japanese: 近くに (ja) (chikaku ni)
• Khmer: ក្បែរ (km) (kbae)
• Korean: 가까이에 (ko) (gakkaie)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: prope (la), iuxtā
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: arti (lt)
• Malayalam: സമീപം (ml) (samīpaṁ), അരികെ (ml) (arike), അടുത്ത് (ml) (aṭuttŭ)
• Maori: pahaki
• Ojibwe: besho
• Polish: blisko (pl)
• Portuguese: próximo (pt), por perto
• Russian: побли́зости (ru) (poblízosti), бли́зко (ru) (blízko), ря́дом (ru) (rjádom), неподалёку (ru) (nepodaljóku)
• Slovak: vedľa, blízko, nablízku
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: blisko

• Spanish: cerca (es)
• Sundanese: dengket
• Swedish: i närheten
• Tocharian B: akarte, ispek
• Urdu: پاس (pās), پاس میں (pās mẽ)
• Vietnamese: gần (vi), bên cạnh (vi), gần đây (vi)
• Volapük: nilo (vo)
• Welsh: gerllaw, yn ymyl

Noun

nearby (plural nearbys)

1. (finance) A futures contract, of a particular group, whose settlement date is the earliest.
   • 1984, Jack D. Schwager, A Complete Guide to the Futures Markets, page 496:

     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.

   • 1989, Raymond M. Leuthold, Joan C. Junkus, Jean E. Cordier, The Theory and Practice of Futures Markets, page 67:

     The deferred contract should be expected to rise, and buying the deferred while selling the nearby is then profitable.

Usage notes

Some British writers make the distinction between the adverbial near by, which is written as two words; and the adjectival nearby, which is written as one. In American English, the one-word spelling is standard for both forms. Cf. usage note in closeby.

Anagrams

• Barney, barney, brayne