neighboring

[ney-ber-ing]

adjective

1. situated or living near; adjacent.

   to visit the neighboring towns.

Word History and Origins

Origin of neighboring¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; neighbor + -ing ²

Example Sentences

The ancient Greek mindset, curious and adaptive, owes much to living amid hundreds of neighboring city-states with distinct cultures.

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The conservationists then move into neighboring areas with the bait, leaving behind traps and cameras to protect against and monitor for reinvasion.

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State Department, they might be transported by land to neighboring Jordan, even as other countries have arranged for flights to bring their citizens home, he said.

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The marauders beat and slashed to death all the males in a neighboring colony and subjugated the breeding females, essentially annihilating an entire community.

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The day he found it, he was touring a neighboring Western Avenue property.

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