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neighbour

neigh·bour

UK/ˈneɪbə/ US/ˈneɪbɚ/ fairly common uk
noun (2) adjective (1) verb (2)

noun

1.

a person who lives (or is located) near another

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2.

a nearby object of the same kind

  • “Fort Worth is a neighbor of Dallas”
  • “what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?”
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adjective

1.

situated near one another

  • “neighbor states”
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verb

1.

live or be located as a neighbor

  • “the neighboring house”
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2.

be located near or adjacent to

  • “Pakistan neighbors India”
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Origin

From Middle English neighebour, neighbour, neyghebour, from Old English nēahġebūr (“neighbour”), from Proto-West Germanic *nāhwagabūrō, from Proto-Germanic *nēhwagabūrô (“neighbour”, literally “near-dweller”), from *nēhwaz (“close, near”) + *gabūrô (“dweller”). Equivalent to nigh (“near”) + bower (“farmer”). Cognates Cognate with Scots nebour, neebour, neibour (“neighbour”), Yola nipore, nypore (“neighbour”), North Frisian Naiber, naibüür, näiber (“neighbour”), Saterland Frisian Noaber (“neighbour”), Alemannic German Naachpuur, Nochbär (“neighbour”), Central Franconian Nohber (“neighbour”), Dutch nabuur (“neighbour”), Low German Naber, Nahwer (“neighbour”), German Nachbar (“neighbour”), Luxembourgish Noper (“neighbour”), Vilamovian nokwer, nökver, nökwer (“neighbour”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish nabo (“neighbour”), Faroese nábúgvi (“neighbour”), Icelandic nábúi (“neighbour”), Manx naboo (“neighbour”), Scottish Gaelic nàbaidh (“neighbour”), Estonian naaber (“neighbour”), Finnish naapuri (“neighbour”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English prome (“neighbour”), borrowed from Old French proeme, proime, proisme (“neighbour”) (<< Latin proximus (“nearest, ne...

Phrases

  • beat my neighbour out of doors
  • beat your neighbour
  • beat your neighbour out of doors
  • good fences make good neighbours
  • love for one's neighbour
  • orthographic neighbour
  • phonological neighbour
  • text door neighbour

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