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neighborhood definition

neigh·bor·hood (nā′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)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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