neighborhood
pronunciation
How to pronounce neighborhood in British English:
UK ['neɪbə(r)ˌhʊd]
How to pronounce neighborhood in American English:
US ['neɪbərˌhʊd]
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- Noun:
- a surrounding or nearby region
- people living near one another
- the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')
Word Origin
- neighborhood (n.)
- mid-15c., "neighborly conduct, friendliness," from neighbor (n.) + -hood. Modern sense of "community of people who live close together" is first recorded 1620s. Phrase in the neighborhood of meaning "near, somewhere about" is first recorded 1857, American English. The Old English word for "neighborhood" was neahdæl.
Example
- 1. Rhineland manor was in a neighborhood of tudor-style apartment houses .
- 2. Samantha nolan is a neighborhood watch trainer in washington .
- 3. Who has a stake in the neighborhood ?
- 4. The hutong where I live is part of the dazhalan neighborhood , near the parliamentary great hall of the people .
- 5. Even the neighborhood 's notoriously high taxes started to level off in 1994 and gave merchants some much needed breathing space .