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Example sentences from the Web for neighbourThe fashionable lady, my neighbour, rose also, with graceful reserve. Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST And she was a regular visitor and supporter of her neighbour in the Oxfordshire countryside, David Cameron. Rebekah Brooks Takes The Stand At Phone Hacking Trial|Peter Jukes, Nico Hines|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST Her sister – and neighbour – Lolita Miraflorez, also lost her husband, as did dozens of other women. Typhoon Haiyan: The Philippine Village that Lost Its Men|The Telegraph|November 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST And once more in "'Man finds his true destiny in nothing if not in self-sacrificing love for his neighbour.'" Why we should read|S. P. B. Mais
If he ceases to be a neighbour, he is still a benefactor and a customer. The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 4 (of 4)|Thomas Babington Macaulay He was surprised to find his neighbour seated near the fire in the kitchen. The Silver Lining|John Roussel Sally, you will remember, was our neighbour at Milton who spent her life trying to die. Back at School with the Tucker Twins|Nell Speed In Begmand's cottage Marianne lay raving in delirium, and the neighbour who attended her said she had the fever. Garman and Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland
nouna person who lives near or next to another - a person or thing near or next to another
- (as modifier)neighbour states
verb(when intr, often foll by on) to be or live close (to a person or thing) Derived forms of neighbourneighbouring or US neighboring, adjectiveneighbourless or US neighborless, adjectiveWord Origin for neighbourOld English nēahbūr, from nēah nigh + būr, gebūr dweller; see boor Words nearby neighbourneighbor, neighborhood, neighborhood watch, neighboring, neighborly, neighbour, neighbourhood, neighbourhood warden, neighbourhood watch, neighbourly, Neil Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |