neighbourhood

British  

/ ˈneɪbəˌhʊd /

noun

1. the immediate environment; surroundings; vicinity

2. a district where people live

3. the people in a particular area; neighbours

4. neighbourly feeling

5. maths the set of all points whose distance from a given point is less than a specified value

6. (modifier) of or for a neighbourhood

   a neighbourhood community worker

7. approximately (a given number)

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Example Sentences

Fly-tipped black bags are a growing problem, an action group has said, as people describe the impact on their neighbourhoods as "horrible".

From BBC

He said he had met his wife and mother of his two children at the "real neighbourhood restaurant", adding: "Founding TNQ changed my life and to close it is devastating."

From BBC

The plots allocated by the government for the new neighbourhood lie far from Bamiyan city, which is home to more than 70,000 people.

From Barron's

Since then, Chicago and specifically its Hispanic neighbourhoods have had to adjust to a new normal.

From BBC

Elsewhere, Tehran Times reported a second explosion at a residential building in the Kianshahr neighbourhood of Ahvaz, near the border with Iraq.

From BBC