neighborhood

B1 Topic:Places & Geography

Also spelled neighbourhood

US /ˈneɪbɚˌhʊd/ UK /ˈneɪbə.hʊd/ See IPA manual

Freq #2146

Meanings

1

noun
A particular area of a town or city, and the people who live there.

I grew up in a friendly neighborhood near the river.
2

noun
An amount or number that is close to but not exactly a particular figure.

The repairs will cost in the neighborhood of $500.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a particular area of a town... neighbourhood

More neighborship proximity quarter vicinity

Word family

Forms neighborhoods

Derived forms agrihoodeco-neighborhoodgayborhoodhoodmicroneighborhoodnabeneighborhoodfulneighborhoodingneighborhoodlikeneighborhoodyniggerhood

Related forms neighborredneighborshipneighbourhead

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Phrases (1)

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friendly neighborhood
an area where nearby residents behave warmly and helpfully toward one another

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From an alteration of earlier neighborred (“neighborhood”), from Middle English neȝeburredde, neheborreden, equivalent to neighbor + -red; the term being interpreted as neighbor + -hood. For change in suffix (-red to -hood), compare brotherhood. Cognates Cognate with Scots nichbourheid (“neighbourhood”). Compare also Dutch naburigheid (“neighbourhood”).

neȝeburredde Middle English

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# neighborhood

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈneɪbɚˌhʊd/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈneɪbə.hʊd/
**Frequency rank:** 2146

## Meanings
1. A particular area of a town or city, and the people who live there.
2. An amount or number that is close to but not exactly a particular figure.

## Examples
- I grew up in a friendly neighborhood near the river.
- The repairs will cost in the neighborhood of $500.

## Synonyms
- neighborship
- proximity
- quarter
- vicinity

## Derived Forms
- agrihood
- eco-neighborhood
- gayborhood
- hood
- microneighborhood
- nabe
- neighborhoodful
- neighborhooding
- neighborhoodlike
- neighborhoody
- niggerhood

## Related Forms
- neighborred
- neighborship
- neighbourhead

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: neȝeburredde
- Affix: -hood - state

## Etymology
From an alteration of earlier neighborred (“neighborhood”), from Middle English neȝeburredde, neheborreden, equivalent to neighbor + -red; the term being interpreted as neighbor + -hood. For change in suffix (-red to -hood), compare brotherhood. Cognates Cognate with Scots nichbourheid (“neighbourhood”). Compare also Dutch naburigheid (“neighbourhood”).

## AI Etymology
Neighborhood comes from an alteration of earlier neighborred (“neighborhood”), from Middle English neȝeburredde, neheborreden, equivalent to neighbor + -red; the term being interpreted as neighbor + -hood. For change in suffix (-red to -hood), compare brotherhood. Cognate with Scots nichbourheid (“neighbourhood”). Compare also Dutch naburigheid (“neighbourhood”). Modern senses include a particular area of a town or city, and the people who live there and an amount or number that is close to but not exactly a particular figure. The wider word family includes derivatives such as agrihood, eco-neighborhood, gayborhood, hood, microneighborhood, and nabe and related forms such as neighborred, neighborship, and neighbourhead.

## Topics
- Places & Geography

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