neighbor
pronunciation
How to pronounce neighbor in British English:
UK ['neɪbə]
How to pronounce neighbor in American English:
US [ˈnebɚ]
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- Noun:
- a person who lives (or is located) near another
- a nearby object of the same kind
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- Verb:
- live or be located as a neighbor
- be located near or adjacent to
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- Adjective:
- situated near one another
Word Origin
- neighbor (n.)
- Old English neahgebur (West Saxon), nehebur (Anglian) "neighbor," from neah "near" (see nigh) + gebur "dweller," related to bur "dwelling" (see bower). Common Germanic compound (cognates: Old Saxon nabur, Middle Dutch naghebuur, Dutch (na)bur, Old High German nahgibur, Middle High German nachgebur, German Nachbar). Good neighbor policy attested by 1937, but good neighbor with reference to U.S. policy toward Latin America was used by 1928 by Herbert Hoover.
- neighbor (v.)
- 1580s, from neighbor (n.). Related: Neighbored; neighboring.
Example
- 1. It looks like we have a new neighbor .
- 2. China appears likely to unseat its smaller neighbor .
- 3. Then I noticed these aspens leaves and snow at my neighbor 's cabin .
- 4. Neighbor 's paycheck as important as your own ?
- 5. But then so is their biggest neighbor .