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neighborhood

neigh·bor·hood

UK/ˈneɪbə.hʊd/ US/ˈneɪbɚˌhʊd/ common us

noun

1.

a surrounding or nearby region

  • “the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville”
  • “it is a rugged locality”
  • “he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood”
  • “I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods”
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2.

people living near one another

  • “it is a friendly neighborhood”
  • “my neighborhood voted for Bush”
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3.

the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of'')

  • “it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job”
  • “the price is in the neighborhood of $100”
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Origin

From an alteration of earlier neighborred (“neighborhood”), from Middle English neȝeburredde, neheborreden, equivalent to neighbor + -red; the term being interpreted as neighbor + -hood. For change in suffix (-red to -hood), compare brotherhood. Cognates Cognate with Scots nichbourheid (“neighbourhood”). Compare also Dutch naburigheid (“neighbourhood”).

Phrases

  • clear the neighborhood
  • compact neighborhood
  • gay neighborhood
  • in close neighborhood
  • in the neighborhood of
  • Margolus neighborhood
  • Moore neighborhood
  • neighborhood electric vehicle

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