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

“I don’t feel safe in my own neighborhood,” he told detectives.

From Los Angeles Times

She noted that the neighborhood has 400,000 daytime workers, hosts 18 million visitors annually and generates a third of the city’s essential tax revenue.

From Los Angeles Times

The charter also embraced a mission as the neighborhood school — automatically accepting all who showed up at its doors.

From Los Angeles Times

This is the day I’ve been working toward for so long, but for the rest of our neighborhood it’s just a day—no more special than yesterday or tomorrow.

From Literature

Burger knocked me completely off my neighborhood’s food chain.

From Salon

Related Words

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