neighbourhood
Britishnoun
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the immediate environment; surroundings; vicinity
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a district where people live
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the people in a particular area; neighbours
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neighbourly feeling
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maths the set of all points whose distance from a given point is less than a specified value
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(modifier) of or for a neighbourhood
a neighbourhood community worker
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approximately (a given number)
Example Sentences
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Instead, she invested the money in a black neighbourhood in Nashville, Tennessee, saying she thought it was an apt way to honour Houston's legacy.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Toni Quinones, a social worker in the town of La Zubia about five kilometres southeast of Granada, said firefighters were "working continuously" in her neighbourhood.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Named after the seaside town, the Clacton constituency also includes relatively affluent Frinton-on-Sea, England's most-deprived neighbourhood of Jaywick, and villages and farms inland.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
After laying their family members to rest, the brothers went to live with their father in a modest, work-class neighbourhood of low-rise houses in the north-eastern outskirts of Cali, Colombia.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
A small, quiet neighbourhood with Arabic writing and crescent moons inscribed on the facades of the houses.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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