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neighborhood definition
neigh·bor·hood (nā′bər ho̵od′)
noun
- Archaic friendly relations, as of neighbors; neighborliness
- the state or quality of being neighbors
- a community, district, or area, esp. with regard to some characteristic or point of reference an old neighborhood
- the people living near one another; community the whole neighborhood pitched in and helped during the flood
- Math. the set of all points which lie within a stated distance of a given point
neighborhood Idioms
in the neighborhood of
☆ Informal- near; close to (a place)
- about; approximately (the age, amount, etc. specified)
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