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Meaning of 'neighborhood' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Neighborhood [ n.]
- The quality or condition of being a neighbor; the state of being or dwelling near; proximity.
- A place near; vicinity; adjoining district; a region the inhabitants of which may be counted as neighbors; as, he lives in my neighborhood.
- The inhabitants who live in the vicinity of each other; as, the fire alarmed all the neiborhood.
- The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.

Meaning of 'neighborhood' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . neighborhood [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)
Example in sentence:
  • an ethnic neighborhood
Meaning (2):
- a surrounding or nearby region
Example in sentence:
  • 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;
  • it is a rugged locality;
  • the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville
Meaning (3):
- people living near one another
Example in sentence:
  • it is a friendly neighborhood;
  • my neighborhood voted for Bush
Meaning (4):
- the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')
Example in sentence:
  • 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

Nearby Words:

neif neife neigh neighbor neighbored neighboring neighborliness neighborly neighborship neighed

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  • Defended neighborhood
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