NEIGHBORHOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neighborhood mean? 

• NEIGHBORHOOD (noun)
  The noun NEIGHBORHOOD has 4 senses:

1. a surrounding or nearby region

2. people living near one another

3. the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in 'in the region of')

4. an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)

  Familiarity information: NEIGHBORHOOD used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEIGHBORHOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A surrounding or nearby region

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

locality; neck of the woods; neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity

Context example:

I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods

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

section (a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neighborhood"):

gold coast (a rich neighborhood noted for expensive homes and luxurious living; usually along a coastal area)

'hood ((slang) a neighborhood)

place (a general vicinity)

proximity (the region close around a person or thing)

scenery (the appearance of a place)

Instance hyponyms:

Latin Quarter; Left Bank (the region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine; a center of artistic and student life)

Montmartre (the highest point in Paris; famous for its associations with many artists)

Right Bank (the region of Paris on the north bank of the Seine)

Charlestown (a former town and present-day neighborhood of Boston; settled in 1629)

Derivation:

neighbor (a nearby object of the same kind)

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

People living near one another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

neighborhood; neighbourhood

Context example:

my neighborhood voted for Bush

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

community (a group of people living in a particular local area)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neighborhood"):

hood ((slang) a neighborhood)

street (people living or working on the same street)

Derivation:

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

The approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in 'in the region of')

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

neighborhood; region

Context example:

the price is in the neighborhood of $100

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

indefinite quantity (an estimated quantity)

Sense 4

Meaning:

An area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Context example:

an ethnic neighborhood

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

area; country (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography))

 Context examples 

The talk in the neighborhood reflected the same feeling, and indignation against Martin ran high.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

U.S. Census data can be used to determine the concentration of poverty at the neighborhood level.

(Concentrated Disadvantage, NCI Thesaurus)

Facilities which administer the delivery of health care services to people living in a community or neighborhood.

(Community Health Center, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

People in the most polluted quarter of neighborhoods were at least six per cent more likely to report having glaucoma than those in the least polluted.

(Air Pollution Can Trigger Glaucoma, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

On the other hand, if you are attached, you may want to meet your partner this evening after work to have a fun dinner in your neighborhood.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

While 2014 RC will not impact Earth, its orbit will bring it back to our planet's neighborhood in the future.

(Small Asteroid to Safely Pass Close to Earth Sunday, NASA)

Astronomers are interested in better understanding what role these Wolf-Rayet stars play in the cosmic neighborhood at the Milky Way's center.

(Scientists Take Viewers to the Center of the Milky Way, NASA)

They try to have a neighborhood feel.

(Nursing Homes, NIH: National Institute on Aging)

So if the Sun has a twin, it's almost certainly not easily visible in our neighborhood.

(Our Sun Could Have Been Born With an Evil Twin Called "Nemesis", The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

For a week the amount of virtue in the old house would have supplied the neighborhood.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)