neighborhood
1. a surrounding or nearby region (Freq. 28)
- 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
• Syn:
vicinity, locality, neighbourhood, neck of the woods
• Derivationally related forms:
neighbour (for: neighbourhood), neighbor, local (for: locality), vicinal (for: vicinity)
• Hypernyms:
section
• Hyponyms:
gold coast, 'hood, place, proximity, scenery
• Instance Hyponyms:
Left Bank, Latin Quarter, Montmartre, Right Bank, Charlestown
2. people living near one another (Freq. 14)
- it is a friendly neighborhood
- my neighborhood voted for Bush
• Syn:
neighbourhood
• Derivationally related forms:
neighbour (for: neighbourhood), neighbor
• Hypernyms:
community
• Hyponyms:
hood, street
3. the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in 'in the region of')
- it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job
- the price is in the neighborhood of $100
• Syn:
region
• Hypernyms:
indefinite quantity
4. an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)
- an ethnic neighborhood
• Hypernyms:
area, country
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