neighbourhood

/ ˈneɪbəˌhʊd /

noun

1. the immediate environment; surroundings; vicinity

2. a district where people live

3. the people in a particular area; neighbours

4. neighbourly feeling

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

6. (modifier) of or for a neighbourhood

   a neighbourhood community worker

7. approximately (a given number)

Example Sentences

Images have emerged showing buildings razed to the ground, debris and belongings strewn on streets, and whole neighbourhoods still under floodwater.

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It closed in 2016 and reopened two years later in a slightly more remote neighbourhood of the Danish capital.

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But for residents in the poorer neighbourhood of Theme Park, the floods were crushing.

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"Since then, the neighbourhood has been living in fear," according to a local resident.

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The lab identified at least 31 clusters of objects consistent with human bodies between Monday and Friday, across neighbourhoods, university grounds and military sites.

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