Definition of neighborhood
1 : neighborly relationship … a closer feeling of brotherhood, a more efficient sense of neighborhood … — Nathaniel Hawthorne
2 : the quality or state of being neighbors : proximity … refugees from the country, driven by fear or the neighborhood of armies. — F. L. Paxson
3a : a place or region near : vicinity traveled to a place somewhere in the neighborhood of that cityb : an approximate amount, extent, or degree cost in the neighborhood of $100
4a : the people living near one another The whole neighborhood heard about it.b : a section lived in by neighbors and usually having distinguishing characteristics lived in a quiet neighborhood
5 : the set (see 2set 21) of all points belonging to a given set whose distances from a given point are less than a given positive (see 1positive 4e) number; broadly : a set that contains a neighborhood
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Examples of neighborhood in a Sentence
They bought a house in a beautiful neighborhood.
The whole neighborhood heard about it.
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An Arizona man has been charged in connection with a series of home vandalism and burglary incidents in Newport Beach’s Dover Shores neighborhood last week.
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Ultrafine particles spike near freeways Pollution readings near the freeways were three to four times higher than in neighborhoods at a distance from traffic.
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In Sinjar, the P.K.K. fighters hadn’t penetrated much past the outlying neighborhoods near the base of the mountains.
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Jeffrey, in a different neighborhood, is all East London clubland, right down to the consciously ill-fitting and the willfully, artfully sloppy looks.
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Sam's seems like the kind of amenity every neighborhood could use, and use, and use again.
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These neighborhoods don't yet have reputations, so people choose their houses for other, mostly economic reasons.
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MD Capitol Police Officers don't just defend the Capitol, but the neighborhood that surrounds it.
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15th Century
First Known Use of neighborhood
15th century
NEIGHBORHOOD Defined for English Language Learners
neighborhood
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: a section of a town or city
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: the people who live near each other
NEIGHBORHOOD Defined for Kids
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1 : a residential section of a city They are building a house in our neighborhood.
2 : the people living near one another
3 : a place or region near : vicinity
4 : an amount, size, or range that is close to It cost in the neighborhood of ten dollars.
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