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neighbourhood

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈneɪbə.hʊd/
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CMU ARPABET: N EY1 B ER0 HH UH2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

noun

Meaning 1

British standard spelling of neighborhood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

noun

Meaning 2

people living near one another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

it is a friendly neighborhood
my neighborhood voted for Bush

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Synonyms: neighborhood

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: community

Narrower terms: hood, street

noun

Meaning 3

a surrounding or nearby region

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville
it is a rugged locality
he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood
I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vicinity, locality, neighborhood, 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

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English neighbour Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English neighbourhood From neighbour + -hood.

Word forms

Inflections and variants

neighbourhoods — plural

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: gaybourhood, gay neighbourhood, in the neighbourhood of, Margolus neighbourhood, microneighbourhood, Moore neighbourhood, there goes the neighbourhood, von Neumann neighbourhood

Related: neighbour

Spelling and sound

Hyphenation and homophones

Hyphenation: neigh·bour·hood

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Other relationships

Hypernyms: community, section

Hyponyms: hood, street, gold coast, 'hood, place, proximity, scenery, Left Bank, Latin Quarter, Montmartre, Right Bank, Charlestown

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