American English pronunciation

How to pronounce neighbourhood

IPA transcription: ['neɪbɚ,hʊd]

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Noun

  • 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”

  • 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.