neighborhood
Americannoun
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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.
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a district or locality, often with reference to its character or inhabitants.
a fashionable neighborhood; to move to a nicer neighborhood.
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a number of persons living near one another or in a particular locality.
The whole neighborhood was there.
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neighborly feeling or conduct.
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nearness; proximity.
to sense the neighborhood of trouble.
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Mathematics. an open set that contains a given point.
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Etymology
Origin of neighborhood
First recorded in 1400–50, neighborhood is from the late Middle English word neighborehode. See neighbor, -hood
Example Sentences
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The Basij, a paramilitary volunteer group of hundreds of thousands of members, is embedded into neighborhoods in every town and city, including mosques, to prevent unrest.
She said constant deletions are necessary, as authorities recently broke into a home in her cousin’s neighborhood, confiscated the man’s phone and accused him of being an American spy.
From Los Angeles Times
Fenton said last season was one of his most enjoyable coaching years directing a group of mostly neighborhood kids who went to their local public school.
From Los Angeles Times
Tina de los Reyes lives next door to the property and said life on the block felt typical for the neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times
The class is part of Modernism Week, a festival held every February in Palm Springs that attracts Midcentury architecture enthusiasts from around the world, with home and neighborhood tours and lectures.
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