Definition

1. Noun:
   • A district or community within a town or city: A specific area where people live, often characterized by a sense of local community.
   • The people living in a particular district or area: The collective group of residents in a nearby area.
   • The surrounding area or vicinity of a place: The region near or adjacent to a specific location.

Usage and Examples

• Referring to a residential area:

  • She grew up in a quiet, suburban neighbourhood.
  • The city is investing in parks for all its neighbourhoods.

• Referring to the local community or residents:

  • The whole neighbourhood helped clean up the park after the storm.
  • It's a friendly neighbourhood where everyone knows each other.

• Referring to the general area near something:

  • There are several good restaurants in the neighbourhood of the museum.
  • The price was in the neighbourhood of what I expected to pay.

Advanced Usage and Idioms

• In the neighbourhood of: An idiom meaning approximately or roughly a certain amount, number, or location.
  • The repair costs are expected to be in the neighbourhood of $500.
• The neighbourhood watch: A community-based program where residents collaborate to prevent crime in their local area.
  • Our neighbourhood watch has made the streets feel safer.

Variants and Related Words

• Neighbour (UK) / Neighbor (US) (noun): A person living near or next door to the speaker or person referred to.
  • My neighbour waters my plants when I'm away.
• Neighbourly (UK) / Neighborly (US) (adjective): Characteristic of a good neighbour, especially in being friendly, helpful, or kind.
  • It was very neighbourly of them to offer assistance.
• Neighbourhood (UK spelling) / Neighborhood (US spelling): The word has two common spellings based on regional conventions.

Synonyms

• Vicinity: The area near or surrounding a particular place.
• Locale: A place where something happens or is set, especially in relation to specific events.
• Community: A group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
• District: An area of a country or city, especially one defined for administrative purposes or with a distinctive character.

Related Phrases

• Close-knit neighbourhood: A community where people have strong, friendly relationships with each other.
  • They moved to a close-knit neighbourhood to raise their family.
• Up-and-coming neighbourhood: An area that is becoming more popular and successful, often with rising property values.
  • Artists moved into the up-and-coming neighbourhood for its affordable studios.

Noun

1. people living near one another
   • it is a friendly neighborhood
   • my neighborhood voted for Bush
2. 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