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neighborhood Definition

neigh·bor·hood (bər ho̵od′)

noun

  1. Archaic friendly relations, as of neighbors; neighborliness
  2. the state or quality of being neighbors
  3. a community, district, or area, esp. with regard to some characteristic or point of reference an old neighborhood
  4. the people living near one another; community the whole neighborhood pitched in and helped during the flood
  5. Math. the set of all points which lie within a stated distance of a given point

neighborhood Idioms

in the neighborhood of

Informal
  1. near; close to (a place)
  2. about; approximately (the age, amount, etc. specified)

neighborhood Synonyms

neighborhood

n.

in the neighborhood of*

about, approximately, close to; see near 1.

neighborhood Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • flood: The Reverend Gilbert Scie leads a cleaning effort in his flooded neighborhood of Holy Cross, New Orleans.
  • surround: Focused on serving i ts surrounding residential neighborhoods, the mall offered few stores where UW students could shop for clothes.

Adjective modifier

  • shadle: Clue people take wine lovers were shadle park neighborhood first prize said.
  • upscale: We live in a beautiful upscale neighborhood in Connecticut and are only about 1 hour train ride to NYC.
  • suburban: The increased standard of living could be seen in the various suburban neighborhoods that began to develop outside major cities.
  • low-income: When most bank employees got their degrees, they did not dream of nights and weekends in small branches in low-income neighborhoods.
  • residential: Focused on serving i ts surrounding residential neighborhoods, the mall offered few stores where UW students could shop for clothes.
  • civilian: Labs where bombs are manufactured are located in civilian neighborhoods.

Modifies a noun

  • kid: I tried it out with the neighborhood kids first.
  • bully: The neighborhood bully been driven out of every land, He's wandered the earth an exiled man.
  • association: Fill up certain neighborhood association of the quot world.
  • store: They have quality stores in good locations and it fits perfectly with our new convenience strategy to grow our portfolio of neighborhood convenience stores.
  • resident: Most often, they sold the goods to other neighborhood residents directly.
  • bar: He spends most of his time in the neighborhood bar with a group of regulars.

Noun used with modifier

  • shadle: Make better business deals shadle park neighborhood takes a certain p p multi.
  • florida: And not focused compared to two among all florida health insurance neighborhood eligible problems is impeding.
  • park: Make better business deals shadle park neighborhood takes a certain p p multi.
  • insurance: And not focused compared to two among all florida health insurance neighborhood eligible problems is impeding.
  • network: Access rights can be set remotely in the network neighborhood.
  • class: In reality, the PLO leaders lived in a residential building in the most modern and upper class neighborhood of Verdun in Beirut.

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  6. Nehemiah
  7. NEH
  8. negus
  9. Negros
  10. Negrophobe
  1. neighboring
  2. neighborly
  3. Neil
  4. Neilson
  5. Neilson,John Shaw
  6. nein
  7. Neisse
  8. neither
  9. Nejd
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