neighborhood

American  

[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.

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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

Example Sentences

This was the year he stuck with the neighborhood kids who were best friends and played for each other, and what a season they enjoyed.

From Los Angeles Times

On the ground level, this means community volunteer efforts like neighborhood environmental cleanups, helping food pantries distribute sustenance to families in need and volunteers assisting underfunded local libraries.

From Salon

His last known address is in Florida, a small yellow home in Ives Estates, a middle-class neighborhood in north Miami-Dade County.

From The Wall Street Journal

When Neves Valente left the bathroom, John got suspicious and followed him, and the pair played “a game of cat and mouse” on foot through the neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal

When I walked the kids through the neighborhood on my chest, I faced them out so they could see the world.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• area
• block
• district
• parish
• part
• precinct
• region
• section
• street
• suburb
• territory
• zone