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neighborhood

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[ney-ber-hood] / ˈneɪ bərˌhʊd /

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.


idioms

  1. in the neighborhood of, approximately; nearly; about.

    She looks to be in the neighborhood of 70.

Etymology

Origin of neighborhood

First recorded in 1400–50, neighborhood is from the late Middle English word neighborehode. See neighbor, -hood

Explanation

Use the noun neighborhood when you're talking about a community within a town or city. Getting to know the people and places in your neighborhood can make you feel right at home in a city of millions. A neighborhood can be created by lines on a map that designate a district, or it can grow over time to become a neighborhood with a certain personality, based on who lives there. You can also use neighborhood to describe something nearby, like promising to visit a friend the next time you are in the neighborhood — or something that's approximate, like a restaurants whose burgers are in the neighborhood of ten dollars.

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Example Sentences

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Blank Street’s roots trace back to 2020, when co-founders Freiha and Vinay Menda began selling coffee out of a pale-green coffee cart in the Williamsburg neighborhood of New York City.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

There should be support in the general neighborhood of 6,600.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

There are two data center sites set for Sharp’s neighborhood in Wilmington, one of which is proposed by Amazon Web Services on about 500 acres of now-vacant farmland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Morgan Stanley forecasts a “diabesity” total addressable market in the neighborhood of $190 billion in 2035.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

According to my experience walking the neighborhood and some quick mental math, it should take Andre fifteen minutes to reach the store.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller