NEIGHBOURHOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neighbourhood mean? 

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

1. a surrounding or nearby region

2. people living near one another

  Familiarity information: NEIGHBOURHOOD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEIGHBOURHOOD (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 ("neighbourhood" 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 "neighbourhood"):

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:

neighbour (a nearby object of the same kind)

neighbour (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 ("neighbourhood" is a kind of...):

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

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

hood ((slang) a neighborhood)

street (people living or working on the same street)

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

It would be too much to expect Sir Walter to descend into a small house in his own neighbourhood.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

His having been in the same neighbourhood Fanny already knew.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Almost all the land in this neighbourhood, as far as you can see, has belonged to the Rochesters time out of mind.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Your neighbourhood is increasing, and you mix more with it.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Have you an agreeable neighbourhood here?

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

A beautiful neighbourhood, and full of the most interesting associations.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This is not such a populous neighbourhood.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Secondly, these early discs were much more turbulent than the spiral galaxies we see in our cosmic neighbourhood.

(Dark Matter Less Influential in Galaxies in Early Universe, ESO)

I think after breakfast we must make a little reconnaissance of Mrs. Warren’s neighbourhood.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In relatively unpolluted urban neighbourhoods trees did not have the same impact.

(Asthma Attacks Reduced in Tree-Lined Urban Neighborhoods, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)