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Definition of neighbourhood in English: neighbourhood(US neighborhood) noun ˈneɪbəhʊdˈneɪbərˌhʊd 1A district or community within a town or city. she lived in a wealthy neighbourhood of Boston Example sentencesExamples - Could you talk a bit about the role of community arts in the community - the neighborhood or the city as a whole?
- At the same time gay communities were forming in neighborhoods in the large cities with a burgeoning culture of bars, organizations, and newspapers.
- These extend to minor league stadiums as well, which shows off some of the non-glamorous locations of other parks, such as those within neighborhoods or other cities.
- Day-to-day life is, for the most part, life lived within a particular neighbourhood, set of neighbourhoods, city, or urban region.
- The Chinese nationals were arrested in subsequent police raids in a wealthy neighborhood of Quezon City near the drug laboratory, it said.
- Spanish pueblos, from hamlets to large cities, and many neighborhoods within population centers, all have patron saints each of whose days occasions a public festival, or fiesta.
- Books were distributed in communities and neighbourhoods, and to family members and friends.
- On the other hand, Northern Ireland is inhabited by only about 1.7 million people, distributed among close-knit urban neighborhoods and rural communities.
- The individuals communicate only within their neighborhood.
- The network also works at educating the public through visiting schools, canvassing neighbourhoods, attending community events, and more.
- Most neighborhoods in cities and towns across the country have their own assembly.
- Congregations who welcome and affirm persons with special needs help set an expectation of acceptance within the neighborhood and community.
- Different classes of people have long sorted themselves into neighborhoods within a city or region.
- Their role will be complementary to police officers, but the main aim is to offer a reassurance to the public and tackle the kind of anti-social behaviour that is dragging down so many neighbourhoods, towns and cities.
- This is because they are within wealthy neighbourhoods and do not feature among the government's priority areas in need of grant aid and social care support.
- The schemes aim to find new ways of managing the settlement of migrants in the city, helping faith groups to build relationships within their neighbourhoods and finding ways for community arts to improve residents' lives.
- Though it is rarely discussed, few argue that the poor and oppressed have the political capital necessary to compete for the federal funding and social programs that often go to wealthier cities and neighbourhoods.
- As well, family units sit within a neighbourhood and wider community of other families that identify with a common cause, that of a decent life with those we love.
- These towns, like neighborhoods in large cities, may be homogeneous; however, the states are not.
- The new independents movement is alive and kicking in small towns and in the neighborhoods of big cities, where storefronts are joining the battle.
Synonyms district, area, locality, locale, quarter, community, part, region, zone informal neck of the woods, parts British informal manor North American informal hood, nabe - 1.1 The area surrounding a particular place, person, or object.
he was reluctant to leave the neighbourhood of London Example sentencesExamples - The Dashwood women continue looking for an affordable house in the neighborhood surrounding Norland.
- The neighbourhood surrounding the Medical Academy was the biggest surprise as transactions there were few.
- Ottawa has shown it has considered the question about the neighbourhood surrounding Iraq no more than it has given any thought to the question inside Iraq.
- Wait a while and a map of west London will open up showing the precise location of the shot and all the other photos taken in the surrounding neighbourhood.
Synonyms vicinity, surrounding district/area, environs, purlieus, precincts, proximity North American vicinage - 1.2mass noun Neighbourly feeling or conduct.
the importance of neighbourhood to old people Example sentencesExamples - Both sets of protagonists are torn between the American Dream of fame and fortune and the more comfortable pull to stay true to your station in life and neighbourhood.
- Social interactions based on neighbourhood have been deteriorating for decades - particularly in highly transitory urban areas.
2Mathematics The set of points whose distance from a given point is less than (or less than or equal to) some value. Example sentencesExamples - A few years later in 1914 Hausdorff defined neighbourhoods by four axioms so again there were no metric considerations.
Phrases the cost would be in the neighbourhood of three billion dollars Example sentencesExamples - It will cost in the neighborhood of $750 million to put up new facilities to replace the Charity and University Hospitals.
- The machine should cost in the neighbourhood of $5,000 - $7,000.
- Yeah, at this point, obviously, I think that they have had him now for somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 days, roughly.
- Renting an allocated server would cost in the neighborhood of $200 a month (a considerable step up from the current $5).
- The cost of the clean-up will be in the neighbourhood of $14,000.
- A typical study takes four to six weeks to do properly, and costs in the neighborhood of $50,000 to $100,000.
- Most hospital treatments cost in the neighborhood of $500.
- A formal focus group session with average voters can cost in the neighborhood of $4,000-5,000.
- The cost for this should run in the neighbourhood of $160 to $200 thousand, which is about the same amount that pouring the floor would have cost.
- I would expect now to see long-term returns run somewhat higher, in the neighbourhood of 7% after costs.
Synonyms approximately, about, around, roughly, in the region of, of the order of, not far off, nearly, almost, close to, just about, practically, more or less, or so, there or thereabouts, as near as dammit to
Definition of neighborhood in US English: neighborhood(British neighbourhood) nounˈnābərˌho͝odˈneɪbərˌhʊd 1A district, especially one forming a community within a town or city. she lived in a wealthy neighborhood of Boston the party disturbed the whole neighborhood Example sentencesExamples - Could you talk a bit about the role of community arts in the community - the neighborhood or the city as a whole?
- These towns, like neighborhoods in large cities, may be homogeneous; however, the states are not.
- As well, family units sit within a neighbourhood and wider community of other families that identify with a common cause, that of a decent life with those we love.
- On the other hand, Northern Ireland is inhabited by only about 1.7 million people, distributed among close-knit urban neighborhoods and rural communities.
- The schemes aim to find new ways of managing the settlement of migrants in the city, helping faith groups to build relationships within their neighbourhoods and finding ways for community arts to improve residents' lives.
- Though it is rarely discussed, few argue that the poor and oppressed have the political capital necessary to compete for the federal funding and social programs that often go to wealthier cities and neighbourhoods.
- Spanish pueblos, from hamlets to large cities, and many neighborhoods within population centers, all have patron saints each of whose days occasions a public festival, or fiesta.
- The individuals communicate only within their neighborhood.
- Most neighborhoods in cities and towns across the country have their own assembly.
- Day-to-day life is, for the most part, life lived within a particular neighbourhood, set of neighbourhoods, city, or urban region.
- At the same time gay communities were forming in neighborhoods in the large cities with a burgeoning culture of bars, organizations, and newspapers.
- Books were distributed in communities and neighbourhoods, and to family members and friends.
- Congregations who welcome and affirm persons with special needs help set an expectation of acceptance within the neighborhood and community.
- Different classes of people have long sorted themselves into neighborhoods within a city or region.
- This is because they are within wealthy neighbourhoods and do not feature among the government's priority areas in need of grant aid and social care support.
- Their role will be complementary to police officers, but the main aim is to offer a reassurance to the public and tackle the kind of anti-social behaviour that is dragging down so many neighbourhoods, towns and cities.
- The Chinese nationals were arrested in subsequent police raids in a wealthy neighborhood of Quezon City near the drug laboratory, it said.
- The new independents movement is alive and kicking in small towns and in the neighborhoods of big cities, where storefronts are joining the battle.
- The network also works at educating the public through visiting schools, canvassing neighbourhoods, attending community events, and more.
- These extend to minor league stadiums as well, which shows off some of the non-glamorous locations of other parks, such as those within neighborhoods or other cities.
Synonyms district, area, locality, locale, quarter, community, part, region, zone - 1.1 Neighborly feeling or conduct.
the importance of neighborhood to old people Example sentencesExamples - Social interactions based on neighbourhood have been deteriorating for decades - particularly in highly transitory urban areas.
- Both sets of protagonists are torn between the American Dream of fame and fortune and the more comfortable pull to stay true to your station in life and neighbourhood.
- 1.2 The area surrounding a particular place, person, or object.
he was reluctant to leave the neighborhood of Butte Example sentencesExamples - The Dashwood women continue looking for an affordable house in the neighborhood surrounding Norland.
- Ottawa has shown it has considered the question about the neighbourhood surrounding Iraq no more than it has given any thought to the question inside Iraq.
- The neighbourhood surrounding the Medical Academy was the biggest surprise as transactions there were few.
- Wait a while and a map of west London will open up showing the precise location of the shot and all the other photos taken in the surrounding neighbourhood.
Synonyms vicinity, surrounding area, surrounding district, environs, purlieus, precincts, proximity - 1.3Mathematics The set of points whose distance from a given point is less than (or less than or equal to) some value.
Example sentencesExamples - A few years later in 1914 Hausdorff defined neighbourhoods by four axioms so again there were no metric considerations.
Phrases the cost would be in the neighborhood of three billion Example sentencesExamples - The machine should cost in the neighbourhood of $5,000 - $7,000.
- A typical study takes four to six weeks to do properly, and costs in the neighborhood of $50,000 to $100,000.
- The cost of the clean-up will be in the neighbourhood of $14,000.
- I would expect now to see long-term returns run somewhat higher, in the neighbourhood of 7% after costs.
- It will cost in the neighborhood of $750 million to put up new facilities to replace the Charity and University Hospitals.
- Yeah, at this point, obviously, I think that they have had him now for somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 days, roughly.
- Renting an allocated server would cost in the neighborhood of $200 a month (a considerable step up from the current $5).
- The cost for this should run in the neighbourhood of $160 to $200 thousand, which is about the same amount that pouring the floor would have cost.
- A formal focus group session with average voters can cost in the neighborhood of $4,000-5,000.
- Most hospital treatments cost in the neighborhood of $500.
Synonyms approximately, about, around, roughly, in the region of, of the order of, not far off, nearly, almost, close to, just about, practically, more or less, or so, there or thereabouts, as near as dammit to
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