English Explanatory Dictionary

neighborhood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The residential area near one's home.
  2. The inhabitants of a residential area.
  3. A formal or informal division of a municipality or region.
  4. An approximate amount.
  5. The quality of physical proximity.
  6. The quality of being a neighbor, of living nearby, next to each other; proximity.
  7. Close proximity; nearness.
  8. The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.
  9. Within a topological space:
  10. A set containing an open set which contains some specified point.
  11. Alternatively: An open set which contains some specified point.
  12. Within a metric space:

Pronunciation

/ˈneɪbə.hʊd/ /ˈneɪbɚˌhʊd/ en-us-neighborhood.ogg en-us-neighbourhood.ogg

Word forms

neighborhood neighborhoods neighbourhood

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

neighborship vicinity proximity quarter

Related words

neighborred neighborship neighbourhead

Derived words

agrihood clear the neighborhood compact neighborhood eco-neighborhood gayborhood gay neighborhood hood in close neighborhood in the neighborhood of Margolus neighborhood microneighborhood Moore neighborhood nabe neighborhood electric vehicle neighborhoodful neighborhooding neighborhoodlike neighborhood play neighborhoody niggerhood orthographic neighborhood punctured neighborhood there goes the neighborhood von Neumann neighborhood

Translations

Bulgarian: око́лност Catalan: veïnat Catalan: entorn Czech: okolí Danish: omegn Esperanto: ĉirkaŭaĵo Finnish: ympäristö French: voisinage German: Umgebung Greek: γειτονιά Icelandic: grennd Indonesian: lingkungan Indonesian: persekitaran Indonesian: ketetanggaan Italian: intorno Japanese: 近傍 Polish: otoczenie Portuguese: vizinhança Swedish: omgivning Turkish: komşuluk Ukrainian: окі́л Vietnamese: lân cận
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