neighborhood

neigh·bor·hood

N0053500 (nā′bər-ho͝od′)n.1. A district or area with distinctive characteristics: a neighborhood of fine homes; a working-class neighborhood.2. The people who live near one another or in a particular district or area: The noise upset the entire neighborhood.3. The surrounding area; vicinity: happened to be in the neighborhood.4. Informal Approximate amount or range: in the neighborhood of five million dollars.5. Friendliness appropriate to a neighbor: a feeling of neighborhood.6. Mathematics The set of points surrounding a specified point, each of which is within a certain, usually small distance from the specified point.

neigh•bor•hood

(ˈneɪ bərˌhʊd)

n. 1. the area or region around or near some place or thing; vicinity. 2. a district or locality, often with reference to its character or inhabitants: a fashionable neighborhood. 3. a number of persons living in a particular locality. 4. Math. an open set that contains a given point. Idioms: in the neighborhood of, approximately; nearly; about. [1400–50]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	neighborhood - a surrounding or nearby region; "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"locality, neck of the woods, neighbourhood, vicinitygold coast - a rich neighborhood noted for expensive homes and luxurious living; usually along a coastal area; "Chicago's gold coast is along Lake Michigan"'hood - (slang) a neighborhoodplace - a general vicinity; "He comes from a place near Chicago"proximity - the region close around a person or thingscenery - the appearance of a placesection - a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people; "no section of the nation is more ardent than the South"; "there are three synagogues in the Jewish section"
	2.	neighborhood - people living near one another; "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush"neighbourhoodcommunity - a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"hood - (slang) a neighborhoodstreet - people living or working on the same street; "the whole street protested the absence of street lights"
	3.	neighborhood - the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of'); "it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job"; "the price is in the neighborhood of $100"regionindefinite quantity - an estimated quantity
	4.	neighborhood - an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community); "an ethnic neighborhood"area, country - a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"

neighborhood

noun1. A rather small part of a geographic unit considered in regard to its inhabitants or distinctive characteristics:area, district, quarter (often uppercase).2. A part of the earth's surface:area, belt, district, locality, quarter, region, tract, zone.Informal: neck of the woods.3. A surrounding area:environment, environs, locale, locality, precinct (used in plural), surroundings, vicinity.4. A surrounding site:area, locality, vicinity.5. Informal. Approximate size or amount:range, vicinity.

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