neighbour

/ ˈneɪbə /

noun

1. a person who lives near or next to another

2. 1. a person or thing near or next to another

   2. ( as modifier )

      neighbour states

verb

1. to be or live close (to a person or thing)

Other Word Forms

• neighbouring adjective
• neighbourless adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of neighbour¹

Old English nēahbūr, from nēah _nigh + būr, gebūr dweller; see _boor

Example Sentences

The family were staying at the neighbouring Trecco Bay, a vast caravan park that helps ensure a steady stream of customers for the fair during the summer months.

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While watching the cruelty unfold outside the house, where neighbours or passers-by could have easily seen, it left her dreading what horrors were happening behind closed doors.

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They put their neighbours under serious pressure at times but in the end last season's quadruple winners had the composure to book their place at Old Trafford.

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Insisting it was "pronounced Bouquet," Hyacinth ran roughshod over her long-suffering husband and bewildered neighbours in Keeping Up Appearances, one of Britain's most successful sitcoms in the 1990s.

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Another neighbour remembered a baby also living at the address but could not recall seeing a woman living there.

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