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/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -aɪ

Adjective

nearby (comparative more nearby, superlative most nearby)

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)
Hindi: निकट (hi) (nikaṭ)
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), concercano
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)

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)

(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