neighbourhood
[noun]
Synonyms: district, community, environs, locale, locality, quarter, region, vicinity

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English Thesaurus: area, region, zone, district, the business/financial/theatre etc district, ...

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neigh‧bour‧hood S3 W3 British English, neighborhood American English /ˈneɪbəhʊd $ -ər-/ noun [countable]

1. an area of a town or city:
She grew up in a quiet neighborhood of Boston.
The hotel is situated in a peaceful residential neighbourhood (=area where there are houses rather than factories or shops).
a neighbourhood school

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In everyday British English, instead of saying in my neighbourhood, people often say where I live:
There aren’t many bookshops where I live.

2. the neighbourhood the area around you or around a particular place, or the people who live there:
Be quiet! You’ll wake up the whole neighbourhood!
in the neighbourhood
Is there a good Chinese restaurant in the neighbourhood?

3. (something) in the neighbourhood of £500/30% etc a little more or a little less than a particular number or amount Synonym : approximately:
The painting is worth something in the neighborhood of $3,000.

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neighbourhood
noun
ADJ. friendly, nice | respectable, select, smart | poor, run-down | immediate, local, surrounding They often got together with other parents in the local neighbourhood.
residential | middle-class, working-class | Asian, black, white, etc. | entire, whole Before long the whole neighbourhood knew about it.
VERB + NEIGHBOURHOOD move into A lot of new families have moved into the neighbourhood.
NEIGHBOURHOOD + NOUN police, policing | school
PREP. around/round the ~ There were various parks around the neighbourhood.
in a/the ~ There was a large school in the neighbourhood.
outside a/the ~ It was a car from outside the immediate neighbourhood.

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area a part of a town or country, or of the world:
They live in a very wealthy area.
coastal areas
region a large area of a country or the world:
the northwest region of Russia
desert regions
zone an area that is different from other areas around it in some way:
a war zone
a no-parking zone
We crossed two different time zonesareas where there is a particular time compared to the rest of the world.
district one of the areas a city or town is officially divided into, or an area of a city where a particular group live or an activity happens:
the Chelsea district of Manhattan
⇒ the business/financial/theatre etc district:
the financial district of London
neighbourhood British English
, neighborhood American English /ˈneɪbəhʊd $ -ər-/ an area of a town where people live:
a friendly neighbourhood
There are lots of trees in our neighborhood.
suburb an area outside the centre of a city, where people live:
a suburb of Boston
quarter an area of a town or city where people of a particular nationality live:
the French quarter of New Orleans
slum an area of a city that is in very bad condition, where many poor people live:
He grew up in the slums of East London.
ghetto an area of a city where poor people of a particular race or class live:
a black baby born in the ghetto

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