neighboring
[ney-ber-ing]
- situated or living near; adjacent: to visit the neighboring towns.
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Origin of neighboring
neighbor
[ney-ber]
- a person who lives near another.
- a person or thing that is near another.
- one's fellow human being: to be generous toward one's less fortunate neighbors.
- a person who shows kindliness or helpfulness toward his or her fellow humans: to be a neighbor to someone in distress.
- (used as a term of address, especially as a friendly greeting to a stranger): Tell me, neighbor, which way to town?
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- situated or living near another: one of our neighbor nations.
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- to live or be situated near to; adjoin; border on.
- to place or bring near.
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- to live or be situated nearby.
- to associate with or as if with one's neighbors; be neighborly or friendly (often followed by with).
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Also especially British, neigh·bour.
Origin of neighbor
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Examples from the Web for neighboring
Contemporary Examples
Not to be left behind, progressives in neighboring Wisconsin clamored to join the cutting edge of public health.
Neighboring Guinea and Liberia, said WHO, were presenting evidence of a decrease in cases.
A plastic factory, a hardware supplier, and shipping–and-receiving giants like Fed-Ex and DHL are neighboring businesses.
According to local lore a neighboring village called Pajaro Negro—Black Bird—supposedly was named after the planes.
Her body, riddled with bullets, was found on the side of the road in the neighboring republic of Ingushetia.
Historical Examples
At this moment, the note of a bird sounded from the branch of a neighboring tree.
Tanglewood TalesNathaniel Hawthorne
Jethro was a little older than she, the son of a minister in a neighboring town.
Tiverton TalesAlice Brown
He found employment in the village and among the neighboring farmers.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
Whenever our country was at war with neighboring states, I refused no service.
The Chinese Fairy BookVarious
But in a neighboring field she thought she found them again.
Word Origin and History for neighboring
neighbor
n.
Old English neahgebur (West Saxon), nehebur (Anglian) "neighbor," from neah "near" (see nigh) + gebur "dweller," related to bur "dwelling" (see bower). Common Germanic compound (cf. Old Saxon nabur, Middle Dutch naghebuur, Dutch (na)bur, Old High German nahgibur, Middle High German nachgebur, German Nachbar). Good neighbor policy attested by 1937, but good neighbor with reference to U.S. policy toward Latin America was used by 1928 by Herbert Hoover.
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neighbor
v.
1580s, from neighbor (n.). Related: Neighbored; neighboring.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper