NEIGHBOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neighbor mean? 

• NEIGHBOR (noun)
  The noun NEIGHBOR has 2 senses:

1. a person who lives (or is located) near another

2. a nearby object of the same kind

  Familiarity information: NEIGHBOR used as a noun is rare.

• NEIGHBOR (verb)
  The verb NEIGHBOR has 2 senses:

1. live or be located as a neighbor

2. be located near or adjacent to

  Familiarity information: NEIGHBOR used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEIGHBOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who lives (or is located) near another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

neighbor; neighbour

Hypernyms ("neighbor" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

neighbor (live or be located as a neighbor)

neighborhood (people living near one another)

neighborhood (a surrounding or nearby region)

neighborly (exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A nearby object of the same kind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

neighbor; neighbour

Context example:

what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?

Hypernyms ("neighbor" is a kind of...):

object; physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)

Derivation:

neighbor (be located near or adjacent to)

neighborhood (a surrounding or nearby region)

• NEIGHBOR (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they neighbor    ... he / she / it neighbors   
Past simple: neighbored   
Past participle: neighbored   
-ing form: neighboring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Live or be located as a neighbor

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

neighbor; neighbour

Context example:

the neighboring house

Hypernyms (to "neighbor" is one way to...):

dwell; inhabit; live; populate (be an inhabitant of or reside in)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

neighbor (a person who lives (or is located) near another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be located near or adjacent to

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

neighbor; neighbour

Context example:

Pakistan neighbors India

Hypernyms (to "neighbor" is one way to...):

abut; adjoin; border; butt; butt against; butt on; edge; march (lie adjacent to another or share a boundary)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

neighbor (a nearby object of the same kind)

 Context examples 

A similar, even more promising pattern occurred in the same part of the neighboring beta ring.

(Uranus May Have Two Undiscovered Moons, NASA)

The ice lost from this and neighboring glaciers has added significantly to sea level rise, and this area is one of biggest single unknowns in future projections of global sea level rise.

(West Antarctica's largest glacier may have started retreating as early as the 1940s, NSF)

AJs mediate adhesion between cells, communicate a signal that neighboring cells are present, and anchor the actin cytoskeleton.

(Beta Catenin, NCI Thesaurus/from OMIM)

Interferon-beta binds to its receptor on neighboring osteoclast precursor cells to block RANK-ligand signaling and down-regulate c-Fos expression, inhibiting further osteoclast differentiation.

(Bone Remodeling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

In addition, DT-A protein released from lysed cells cannot enter and kill neighboring cells because of the absence of the DT-B chain, further enhancing the selective cytotoxicity of this agent.

(DTA-H19 Plasmid, NCI Thesaurus)

The complex relationships between tumor cells and the neighboring cells in the host environment.

(Cell Microenvironment, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, the researchers saw increased numbers of senescent cells, beyond what was injected, suggesting a propagation of the senescence effect into neighboring cells.

(Senolytic drugs reverse damage caused by senescent cells in mice, National Institutes of Health)

Saturn has rings, but it's possible that one of our closest neighbors also had rings at one point and may have them again someday.

(Does Mars Have Rings? Not Right Now, But Maybe One Day, NASA)

Together, EBNA2 and the human transcription factors change the expression of neighboring viral genes.

(Epstein-Barr virus protein can “switch on” risk genes for autoimmune diseases, National Institutes of Health)

Scientists thought that star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes were steady, quiet supporters of their talkative, wire-like neighbors, called neurons.

(Star-like cells may help the brain tune breathing rhythms, National Institutes of Health)