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# nearby

«nearby» in Mova's school dictionary: **not far away, close to here or close to a place** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (nearby); adverb (nearby)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Nearby means not far away, close to here or close to a place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nearby/#m1)

2) As an adjective it comes before a noun: a nearby park. As an adverb it comes after a verb: we live nearby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nearby/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life «nearby» is about places close to home or school: a nearby shop, a nearby friend. In safety lessons, know a nearby safe place or a nearby adult you can go to for help; when lost, stay where you are or go to a nearby shop and ask staff. In maps and geography «nearby» means close in distance. Phrases: somewhere nearby, a nearby town, live nearby.

### examples

- We live in a small town with a beach nearby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nearby/#x1)
- Is there a toilet nearby? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nearby/#x2)
- My best friend lives nearby, so we walk to school together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nearby/#x3)
- If you are lost, ask a nearby shop assistant for help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nearby/#x4)
- A dog was barking somewhere nearby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nearby/#x5)
- We went to a nearby park for a picnic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nearby/#x6)
- The nearby river can flood after heavy rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nearby/#x7)
- Stay nearby where I can see you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nearby/#x8)
- There were several roads nearby, but it did not take her long to find the one paved with yellow bricks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nearby/#x9)

### note

One word: «nearby» (not «near by»). It can be an adjective (a nearby house) or an adverb (it is nearby). «Near» needs an object («near the school»); «nearby» does not («the school is nearby»).

### In the corpora

- [Bamboo flowers and dies all at once every few decades, so pandas need several kinds of bamboo nearby.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/107-the-asian-forest-area-pandas-red-pandas-tapirs-sun-bears/8/)
- [Lemurs live wild only on Madagascar and a few nearby islands; about a hundred kinds are known, and many are in danger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/163-madagascar-lemurs-of-every-kind-and-the-fossa/11/)
- [Raccoons were brought to Europe and some escaped; now they live wild in Germany and are spreading to nearby countries.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/9/)
- [Some old tree stumps stay alive for years because their roots are joined to nearby trees, which keep them fed with sugar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/252-plants-deeper-do-trees-talk-fungi-warning-smells-and-giant-clones/17/)
- [A cosy bed nearby and a calm voice help it settle over a few nights.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «nearby» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nearby/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.