- 1a district or an area of a town; the people who live there We grew up in the same neighborhood. a poor/quiet/residential neighborhood Manhattan is divided into distinct neighborhoods. the neighborhood police He shouted so loudly that the whole neighborhood could hear him.
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- 2the area that you are in or the area near a particular place synonym vicinity We searched the surrounding neighborhood for the missing boy. Houses in the neighborhood of Paris are extremely expensive. Idioms
(of a number or an amount) approximately; not exactly It cost in the neighborhood of $500.
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