neighbourhood

/ ˈneɪbəˌhʊd /

noun

1. the immediate environment; surroundings; vicinity vicinal
2. a district where people live
3. the people in a particular area; neighbours
4. neighbourly feeling
5. maths the set of all points whose distance from a given point is less than a specified value
6. modifier of or for a neighbourhood

   a neighbourhood community worker

7. in the neighbourhood of
   approximately (a given number)

Example Sentences

Pippa McVeigh, from the neighbourhood harm reduction unit, warned there are a number of signs to watch out for in young people.

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Most residents of Dahieh - one of the areas where Hezbollah has a significant presence, along with southern Lebanon and the eastern Bekaa Valley - have fled because their neighbourhoods have been targeted repeatedly since September.

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On 23 October, the IDF issued evacuation orders for neighbourhoods close to the city's Roman ruins, including the remains of a necropolis and a hippodrome.

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Video footage and images show large plumes of smoke rising in the sky, covering entire neighbourhoods.

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In the video, he said he had been staying in the affluent Sandton neighbourhood in Johannesburg.

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