neighborhood
//ˈneɪbə.hʊd//
Forms
- Plural
- neighborhoods
Definitions
1.The residential area near one's home.
- He lives in my neighborhood.
2.The inhabitants of a residential area.
- The fire alarmed the neighborhood.
3.A formal or informal division of a municipality or region.
- We have just moved to a pleasant neighborhood.
4.An approximate amount.
- He must be making in the neighborhood of $200,000 per year.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1316
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
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.
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