neighborhood

noun

neigh·​bor·​hood ˈnā-bər-ˌhu̇d How to pronounce neighborhood (audio)
1
: neighborly relationship
… a closer feeling of brotherhood, a more efficient sense of neighborhoodNathaniel 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
3
a
: a place or region near : vicinity
traveled to a place somewhere in the neighborhood of that city
b
: an approximate amount, extent, or degree
cost in the neighborhood of $100
4
a
: 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 set entry 2 sense 21) of all points belonging to a given set whose distances from a given point are less than a given positive (see positive entry 1 sense 4e) number
broadly : a set that contains a neighborhood

Examples of neighborhood in a Sentence

They bought a house in a beautiful neighborhood. The whole neighborhood heard about it.
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Of the six, Lakeland is the only neighborhood that is not a food desert. Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024 Multiple children in Camp Washington were exposed to mercury recently, the neighborhood's community council said in a news release Wednesday, and officials are concerned there could be more cases. Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2024 Some of the new retailers maintain reminders of the neighborhood’s meatpacking past. Joseph B. Frederick and Cedar Attanasio, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024 The French brand announced its latest ambassadors on the eve of opening a 9,500-square-foot flagship in the Cheongdam-dong district, an affluent neighborhood in Seoul. Miles Socha, WWD, 28 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for neighborhood 

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of neighborhood was in the 15th century

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“Neighborhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neighborhood. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

neighborhood

noun
neigh·​bor·​hood ˈnā-bər-ˌhu̇d How to pronounce neighborhood (audio)
1
: the quality or state of being neighbors
2
a
: a place or region near : vicinity
b
: a number or amount near
cost in the neighborhood of $10
3
a
: the people living near one another
b
: a section lived in by people who consider themselves neighbors

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