neighbourhood

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[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• neighborhood (US)

[edit] Etymology

neighbour +‎ -hood

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈneɪbəhʊd/
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[edit] Noun

neighbourhood (plural neighbourhoods)

1. Close proximity, particularly in reference to home

   He lives in my neighbourhood.

2. and, by extension, it's inhabitants

   The fire alarmed all the neighbourhood.

3. (archaic) The quality or condition of being a neighbour; the state of being or dwelling near; proximity.
   • 1667: John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1, ll. 399-402

     Nor content with such / Audacious neighbourhood, the wisest heart / Of Solomon he led by fraud to build / His Temple right against the Temple of God.

   • Year?: Lord Lytton, Name of the work?

     Then the prison and the palace were in awful neighbourhood.

4. (topology) The infinitesimal open set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point; The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex
5. (obsolete) The disposition becoming a neighbour; neighbourly kindness or good will.

[edit] Synonyms

• proximity
• vicinity

[edit] Related terms

• microneighbourhood

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