neighbourhood

/ 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)

Example Sentences

He was one of eight people from a neighbourhood in Kingswood near Bristol to win the October draw as part of the subscription lottery where winners in the same postcode share the prize money.

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Life in most parts of the capital, Antananarivo, continues as normal, except in a few neighbourhoods with a heavy police presence, where some roads have been blocked or are being closely monitored.

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The fire was sparked on 7 January near a popular hiking trail overlooking the wealthy coastal neighbourhood.

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The family home stands less than a mile away, in Gaza City's al-Tuffah neighbourhood.

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Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City said it had received the bodies of six people by the afternoon, including three killed in an Israeli strike in the southern al-Sabra neighbourhood.

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