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UK
/nˈeɪbəhˌʊd/
]
[ US /ˈneɪbɝˌhʊd/ ]
[ US /ˈneɪbɝˌhʊd/ ]
NOUN
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people living near one another
my neighborhood voted for Bush
it is a friendly neighborhood -
an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)
an ethnic neighborhood -
a surrounding or nearby region
it is a rugged locality
the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville
I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods
he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood -
the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')
the price is in the neighborhood of $100
it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job
How To Use neighborhood In A Sentence
- These companies will also sell you mason bee cocoons, if you don't want to wait for the neighborhood bees to stumble across your beehouse on their own. Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
- New antioxidants include ferulic acid, idebenone, ubiquinone coenzyme Q10, alpha lipoic acid, and resveratrol and are already making their way into our friendly neighborhood counters. You Being Beautiful
- All these glossy pamphlets are just window dressing - the fact is that the new mall will ruin the neighborhood.
- not far from the former site of Five Points, the immigrant neighborhood showcased in the Martin Scorsese's film "Gangs of New York.
- Bond No.9, the perfumer known for naming their scents after various New York neighborhoods, is about to get high...lined. Now You Can Smell Like The High Line!
- Russian Hill is a nice neighborhood for a pross, " Conklin said. 7th Heaven
- The foreign mujahideen still in Jolan imposed strict Islamic codes of behavior on the neighborhood.
- Having savored victory, the ruffians moved on to attack the homes of well-known abolitionists in the neighborhood.
- In an interview last week, Ms. Pak, sporting a button featuring the mustachioed interim mayor's face, spoke passionately about her Chinatown neighborhood and her efforts to persuade Mr. Lee to "serve his city. Chinatown Political Veteran Champions Her Candidate
- Students fought in the classrooms and washrooms, roamed the hallways and wandered the neighborhood.