neighborhood
neighborhood Lexical Profile
neighborhood Game Scores & Validity
• noun
American A geographically localized community within a larger city, town, or suburb, often characterized by a distinct social identity or residential character.
"They decided to buy a house in a quiet, tree-lined neighborhood close to the elementary school."
American The people living near one another in a particular district or area, viewed collectively.
"The entire neighborhood came out to support the annual block party and charity bake sale."
American An approximate range, amount, or degree (typically used in the phrase "in the neighborhood of").
"The renovation of the historic theater is expected to cost in the neighborhood of two million dollars."
American In mathematics and topology, a set of points containing a given point where one can move some distance in any direction without leaving the set.
"A function is locally constant if every point in its domain has a neighborhood on which the function takes a single value."
Word Nuance & Usage
Spelled "neighborhood" in American English and "neighbourhood" in British, Canadian, and Australian English.
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English "neigheborhod" (c. 15th century), formed from "neighbor" (Old English "neahgebur", meaning "near-dweller") + the suffix "-hood" (denoting condition or collective group). It originally meant "friendly conduct among neighbors" before shifting in the late 16th century to refer to a surrounding district.