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

The internet connection to his neighborhood was cut, the streets outside packed with police patrol trucks.

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Shirley Howard’s Chicago neighborhood has flooded three times in the last 30 years.

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A broken window left unaddressed suggests a level of neighborhood disorder that invites antisocial behavior.

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“I used to dream of this becoming this magnificent Central Park of Los Angeles, where it could make connections between these neighborhoods,” he said.

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It’s a charming barrio, and it’s been under siege, like many other neighborhoods in the Windy City.

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Related Words

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