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English noun: neighborhood | |||
| 1. | neighborhood (location) a surrounding or nearby region | ||
| Samples | The plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville. It is a rugged locality. He always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood. I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods. | ||
| Synonyms | locality, neck of the woods, neighbourhood, vicinity | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | section | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | 'hood, gold coast, place, proximity, scenery | ||
| Instance hyponym | Charlestown, Latin Quarter, Left Bank, Montmartre, Right Bank | ||
| 2. | neighborhood (group) people living near one another | ||
| Samples | It is a friendly neighborhood. My neighborhood voted for Bush. | ||
| Synonyms | neighbourhood | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | community | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | hood, street | ||
| 3. | neighborhood (quantity) the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of') | ||
| Samples | It was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job. The price is in the neighborhood of $100. | ||
| Synonyms | region | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | indefinite quantity | ||
| 4. | neighborhood (location) an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community) | ||
| Samples | An ethnic neighborhood. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | area, country | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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