neighborhood
[ ney-ber-hood ]
/ ˈneɪ bərˌhʊd /
noun
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.
a district or locality, often with reference to its character or inhabitants: a fashionable neighborhood; to move to a nicer neighborhood.
a number of persons living near one another or in a particular locality: The whole neighborhood was there.
neighborly feeling or conduct.
nearness; proximity: to sense the neighborhood of trouble.
Mathematics.
an open set that contains a given point.
Idioms for neighborhood
in the neighborhood of,
approximately; nearly; about: She looks to be in the neighborhood of 70.
Origin of neighborhood
SYNONYMS FOR neighborhood
Words nearby neighborhood
nehru,
nehru, jawaharlal,
nei mongol,
neigh,
neighbor,
neighborhood,
neighborhood watch,
neighboring,
neighborly,
neighbour,
neighbourhood