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neighborhood

[ ney-ber-hood ]

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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.
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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.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of neighborhood¹

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

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

in the neighborhood of, approximately; nearly; about:
She looks to be in the neighborhood of 70.

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Example Sentences

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Police had halted traffic in and around the school and neighborhood for more than two hours.

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With the 10th City Nature Challenge — a four-day “bioblitz” competition to document urban animals and plants — beginning this week, now seems the perfect time to celebrate our friendly neighborhood fence lizard.

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One person who spends time in the neighborhood where Groft was taken into custody told The Times they had seen the suspect using a chainsaw on a metal pole.

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She changed the subject and wanted to talk about neighborhood gossip instead.

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An Orange County man who police believe killed more than a dozen neighborhood cats after luring them to his property was arrested Wednesday, according to authorities.

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