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nearby

adj
/ˌnɪə(ɹ)ˈbaɪ/

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from ner-bi

Definitions

  1. Adjacent, near, close by.

    • He stopped at a nearby store for some groceries.

  2. Next to, close to.

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

  3. A futures contract, of a particular group, whose settlement date is the earliest.

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at nearby. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at nearby. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at nearby

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA