neighbor

Thân thiện

My neighbor waters her garden every morning.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A person who lives near another: A person living in a house, apartment, or area that is close to one's own.
   • A nearby object or place of the same kind: Something situated close to another similar thing.

2. Verb:

   • To be located near or adjacent to something: To share a border with or be situated close to another place or thing.
   • To live or be located as a neighbor: To occupy a position near someone or something else.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • My neighbor is very friendly and often helps with my garden.
  • Fort Worth is a neighbor of Dallas.
  • What is the Earth's closest celestial neighbor?

• Verb:

  • Pakistan neighbors India.
  • The house that neighbors ours is for sale.

Advanced Usage

• "Next-door neighbor": The person or family living in the house or apartment immediately adjacent to one's own.

  • My next-door neighbor and I share a fence.

• "Good neighbor policy": A principle or approach emphasizing friendly and cooperative relations between adjacent countries or communities.

  • The treaty was based on a good neighbor policy.

Variants and Related Words

• Neighborhood (n): A district or community within a town or city; the area surrounding a particular place.

  • It's a quiet neighborhood with many families.

• Neighboring (adj): Located or living next to or very near a place.

  • We visited a town in the neighboring county.

• Neighborly (adj): Characteristic of a good neighbor; friendly and helpful.

  • It was a very neighborly gesture to bring us food.

Synonyms

• Adjacent (adj): Next to or adjoining something else.
• Adjoin (v): To be next to and joined with.
• Abutter (n): A person who owns adjacent land (legal/formal term).

Phrasal Verbs / Related Constructions

• Neighbor on/upon (v): To border on; to be adjacent to. (Formal/Literary)
  • The property neighbors upon a national forest.

Related Idioms

• "Love thy neighbor": A biblical injunction to be kind and charitable to those who live near you, often extended to mean showing kindness to all people.

  • The community project was inspired by the principle to love thy neighbor.

• "The neighbor's grass is always greener": A saying meaning other people's situations always seem better than one's own.

  • He wanted to move, thinking the neighbor's grass was always greener.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a nearby object of the same kind
   • Fort Worth is a neighbor of Dallas
   • what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?
2. a person who lives (or is located) near another

Verb

1. be located near or adjacent to
   • Pakistan neighbors India
2. live or be located as a neighbor
   • the neighboring house

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