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.
idioms
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.
Vocabulary lists containing neighborhood
"Familiar Places"
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Cities and Towns
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Unit 20, Lessons 3–4
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Example Sentences
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Elaine Alaniz, the lone Republican in the nonpartisan race, is a public affairs professional and president of the Westlake North Neighborhood Council.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
On Tuesday, a community vigil at Lindbergh Neighborhood Park near the centre was also full of people, with hundreds turning up and a series of speakers speaking warmly of their fallen "brothers" in the faith.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Same-restaurant sales, which account for store openings and closings, increased 1.9% across its Applebee’s Neighborhood Bar + Grill banner during the latest quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Carlisle works in freelance legal sales and is vice president of the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
The Neighborhood Dictatorship Group and the Black Categories were all we could think of.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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