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neighborhood

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[ney-ber-hood] / ˈneɪ bərˌhʊd /

noun

  1. the area or region around or near some place or thing; vicinity.

    the kids of the neighborhood; located in the neighborhood of Jackson and Vine streets.

  2. a district or locality, often with reference to its character or inhabitants.

    a fashionable neighborhood; to move to a nicer neighborhood.
    Synonyms:
    vicinity, locale, area, community

  3. a number of persons living near one another or in a particular locality.

    The whole neighborhood was there.

  4. neighborly feeling or conduct.

  5. nearness; proximity.

    to sense the neighborhood of trouble.

  6. Mathematics. an open set that contains a given point.

idioms

  1. in the neighborhood of, approximately; nearly; about.

    She looks to be in the neighborhood of 70.

Etymology

Origin of neighborhood

First recorded in 1400–50, neighborhood is from the late Middle English word neighborehode. See neighbor, -hood

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