American English pronunciation
How to pronounce neighbourhood
IPA transcription: ['neɪbɚ,hʊd]
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Noun
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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”
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people living near one another
“it is a friendly neighborhood”
“my neighborhood voted for Bush”
Usage examples
- These neighbourhoods are concentrated in the Elbow River valley.
- It is composed of the seven neighbourhoods surrounding High Park.
- Go forth, Jeeves, and scour the neighbourhood.
- South of York Mills Road and Yonge Street sits the sub-neighbourhood of Hoggs Hollow.
- Victoria Road defines the southern boundary of the neighbourhood.
- The neighbourhood contains a mixture of land-uses.
- Trsat, a place of pilgrimage, was situated in the neighbourhood of Rijeka.
- Every evening, the dogs in our neighbourhood are howling.
- In the afternoon the club is opened for Romani children from the neighbourhood.
- She and her husband live in the Lawrence Park neighbourhood with their two children.