neighbourhood

US neighborhood

/ (ˈneɪbəˌhʊd) /


noun
  1. the immediate environment; surroundings; vicinity: Related adjective: vicinal

  2. a district where people live

  1. the people in a particular area; neighbours

  2. neighbourly feeling

  3. maths the set of all points whose distance from a given point is less than a specified value

  4. (modifier) of or for a neighbourhood: a neighbourhood community worker

  5. in the neighbourhood of approximately (a given number)

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