Neighborhood meaning

What does “neighborhood” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“neighborhood” is a noun with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a surrounding or nearby region.

neighborhood

noun

  1. a surrounding or nearby region

    “the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville”

    “it is a rugged locality”

  2. people living near one another

    “it is a friendly neighborhood”

    “my neighborhood voted for Bush”

  3. 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”

    Synonymsregion
  4. an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)

    “an ethnic neighborhood”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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