the immediate environment; surroundings; vicinity a district where people live the people in a particular area; neighbours 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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neigh•bor•hood /ˈneɪbɚˌhʊd/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
adj. [before a noun]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- the area or region around or near some place or thing;
vicinity:This is a safe neighborhood. - a number of persons living in a particular area or place:The whole neighborhood showed up for the funeral.
adj. [before a noun]
- in, of, located in, or relating to a particular area where people live:the neighborhood council.
- Idioms in the neighborhood of, approximately;
nearly;
about:The job will pay in the neighborhood of six thousand dollars.
neigh•bor•hood
(nā′bər hŏŏd′),USA pronunciation n.
- the area or region around or near some place or thing;
vicinity:the kids of the neighborhood; located in the neighborhood of Jackson and Vine streets. - a district or locality, often with reference to its character or inhabitants:a fashionable neighborhood; to move to a nicer neighborhood.
- a number of persons living near one another or in a particular locality:The whole neighborhood was there.
- neighborly feeling or conduct.
- nearness;
proximity:to sense the neighborhood of trouble. - Mathematicsan open set that contains a given point.
- Idioms in the neighborhood of, approximately;
nearly;
about:She looks to be in the neighborhood of 70.
- late Middle English neighborehode. See neighbor, -hood 1400–50
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged community, area, locale, vicinity.
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