neighbourhood
US neighborhood
/ (ˈneɪbəˌhʊd) /
the immediate environment; surroundings; vicinity: Related adjective: vicinal
a district where people live
the people in a particular area; neighbours
neighbourly feeling
maths the set of all points whose distance from a given point is less than a specified value
(modifier) of or for a neighbourhood: a neighbourhood community worker
in the neighbourhood of approximately (a given number)
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How to use neighbourhood in a sentence
We are a troubled and fractious country, in a difficult neighbourhood.
We lived in a comfortable house in a riverside Jewish neighbourhood in Baghdad.
The room service is available 24-hours and features a menu to rival any decent neighbourhood London restaurant.
Too Posh to Push: Inside Kate's Exclusive London Maternity Hospital | Tom Sykes | December 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHaralambos Lambropoulos, a retired Air Force commander, lives in the central neighbourhood of Neos Kosmos.
Greece on the Brink of Financial Abyss as Syriza Party Weighs Default | John Psaropoulos | May 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTOsama Ahmed, 40, stood in an intersection in the upscale neighbourhood of Zamalek, where he owns a shop.
M'Bongo, the great chief of this neighbourhood, paid a ceremonial visit to my husband.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsHe inclosed it under a cover to the Marquis Santa Cruz, who had a villa in the neighbourhood.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterMrs. Pell was a very elegant and accomplished woman; her manners were the theme of universal admiration in our neighbourhood.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles DickensThere was also one at the Plough and Harrow, and several may stil be found in the neighbourhood.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellHe was naturally frightfully upset about it, and a regular panic sprang up in the neighbourhood.
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