neighborhood

[ ney-ber-hood ]

noun

1. the area or region around or near some place or thing; vicinity:

   the kids of the neighborhood; located in the neighborhood of Jackson and Vine streets.

2. a district or locality, often with reference to its character or inhabitants:

   a fashionable neighborhood; to move to a nicer neighborhood.

   Synonyms: vicinity, locale, area, community

3. a number of persons living near one another or in a particular locality:

   The whole neighborhood was there.

4. neighborly feeling or conduct.
5. nearness; proximity:

   to sense the neighborhood of trouble.

6. Mathematics. an open set that contains a given point.

Word History and Origins

Origin of neighborhood¹

First recorded in 1400–50, neighborhood is from the late Middle English word neighborehode. See neighbor, -hood

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. in the neighborhood of, approximately; nearly; about:

   She looks to be in the neighborhood of 70.

Example Sentences

A car mechanic who goes by the name “Big Perm” said he noticed a change in the neighborhood.

From The Daily Beast

Does all this mean that a robo-Jurassic Park is coming soon to a neighborhood near you?

From The Daily Beast

Somebody had hung an American flag and people of the neighborhood had placed bouquets and candles.

From The Daily Beast

That was standard operating procedure in the neighborhood at the time.

From The Daily Beast

“It devolved from a very poor neighborhood to a very lawless one,” says Randall, who is refreshingly unsentimental.

From The Daily Beast

And he was inclined to believe that it was Grandfather Mole that was to blame for the scarcity of worms in the neighborhood.

From Project Gutenberg

And Flora devoutly kissed her, then gossipped pleasantly about the other guests and the people in the neighborhood.

From Project Gutenberg

But the house will rarely be empty now that the shooting has begun, and there is always something going on in the neighborhood.

From Project Gutenberg

One would have thought that half the dogs in the neighborhood had relatives coming from Columbia.

From Project Gutenberg

He talked a good deal on various topics, a little politics, some city news and neighborhood gossip.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• area
• block
• district
• parish
• part
• precinct
• region
• section
• street
• suburb
• territory
• zone