noun
Meaning 1
The residential area near one's home.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Examples
- He lives in my neighborhood.
Meaning relationships
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noun
The residential area near one's home.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
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noun
The inhabitants of a residential area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
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noun
A formal or informal division of a municipality or region.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
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noun
An approximate amount.
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Usage: US, countable, uncountable
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noun
The quality of physical proximity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
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noun
The quality of being a neighbor, of living nearby, next to each other; proximity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Close proximity; nearness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, dated, uncountable
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noun
The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Within a topological space:
A set containing an open set which contains some specified point.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology
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noun
Within a topological space:
Alternatively: An open set which contains some specified point.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology
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noun
Within a metric space:
A set containing an open ball which contains a specified point.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology
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noun
Within a metric space:
Alternatively: An open ball which contains some specified point.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology
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noun
The infinitesimal open set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology
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noun
The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
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noun
The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex.
The set of all cells near a given cell used to determine that cell's state in the next generation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Topics: cellular-automata, computing, engineering, graph-theory, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
people living near one another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: neighbourhood
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: community
Narrower terms: hood, street
noun
a surrounding or nearby region
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: vicinity, locality, neighbourhood, neck of the woods
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: section
Narrower terms: gold coast, 'hood, place, proximity, scenery, Left Bank, Latin Quarter, Montmartre, Right Bank, Charlestown
noun
an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: area, country
noun
the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: region
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Broader terms: indefinite quantity
History
From an alteration of earlier neighborred (“neighborhood”), from Middle English neȝeburredde, neheborreden, equivalent to neighbor + -red; the term being interpreted as neighbor + -hood. For change in suffix (-red to -hood), compare brotherhood. Cognates Cognate with Scots nichbourheid (“neighbourhood”). Compare also Dutch naburigheid (“neighbourhood”).
Across languages
279 source translations are retained for this English entry.