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Definition of neighbourhood noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

neighbourhood

noun
 
 
/ˈneɪbəhʊd/
 
/ˈneɪbərhʊd/
(US English neighborhood)
Idioms
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  1.  
     a district or an area of a town; the people who live there
    • We grew up in the same neighbourhood.
    • a poor/quiet/residential neighbourhood
    • an old working-class neighbourhood
    • Manhattan is divided into distinct neighborhoods.
    • the neighbourhood police
    • He shouted so loudly that the whole neighbourhood could hear him.
    see also low traffic neighbourhood
    Extra Examples
    • Before long the whole neighbourhood knew about it.
    • The school is situated in the most affluent neighbourhood of the city.
    • I lived in a tough neighbourhood.
    • Our health depends on creating neighbourhoods that are conducive to walking.
    • She volunteered to make a potato salad for the neighbourhood party.
    • The place feels like a real neighbourhood.
    • There was a large school in the neighbourhood.
    • There were various parks around the neighbourhood.
    • They hired a private police force to patrol the neighbourhood.
    • They often got together with other parents in the local neighbourhood.
    • Tourists rarely visit that neighbourhood.
    • We used to ride bikes around the neighbourhood.
    • a bar located in the middle of Chicago's gay neighbourhood
    • a neighbourhood populated mainly by Mexican Americans
    • stray dogs who roam the neighbourhood
    • the criminals who are destroying our neighbourhood
    • We live in a quiet, residential neighbourhood in the south of the city.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • friendly
    • nice
    • safe
    • …
    verb + neighbourhood/​neighborhood
    • build
    • create
    • establish
    • …
    neighbourhood/​neighborhood + noun
    • resident
    • boy
    • children
    • …
    preposition
    • around the neighbourhood
    • round the neighbourhood
    • in a/​the neighbourhood
    • …
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  2.  
     the area that you are in or the area near a particular place synonym vicinity
    • We searched the surrounding neighbourhood for the missing boy.
    • It was a car from outside the immediate neighbourhood.
    • in the neighbourhood of… Houses in the neighbourhood of Paris are extremely expensive.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • friendly
    • nice
    • safe
    • …
    verb + neighbourhood/​neighborhood
    • build
    • create
    • establish
    • …
    neighbourhood/​neighborhood + noun
    • resident
    • boy
    • children
    • …
    preposition
    • around the neighbourhood
    • round the neighbourhood
    • in a/​the neighbourhood
    • …
    See full entry
Idioms
in the neighbourhood of
  1. (of a number or an amount) approximately; not exactly
    • It cost in the neighbourhood of $500.
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