neighbourhood

neighbourhood — UK US UK (US neighborhood) /ˈneɪbəhʊd/ noun [C] ► an area of a town, or the people who live or work in this area: »The company aims to set up a nursery school in every neighbourhood. »The $150 million bond issue will eventually yield grants aimed …   Financial and business terms

neighbourhood — It is inadvisable to use the clumsy expression in the neighbourhood of (a sum or figure: wrote somewhere in the neighbourhood of a hundred novels) when roughly or about would serve as well …   Modern English usage

neighbourhood — (US neighborhood) ► NOUN 1) a district or community within a town or city. 2) the area surrounding a particular place, person, or object. ● in the neighbourhood of Cf. ↑in the neighbourhood of …   English terms dictionary

neighbourhood — British English spelling of NEIGHBORHOOD (Cf. neighborhood); for spelling, see OR (Cf. or) …   Etymology dictionary

neighbourhood — (Brit.) neigh·bour·hood || neɪbÉ™rhÊŠd n. group of houses which make up a distinct region; local area, surroundings (also neighborhood) …   English contemporary dictionary

Neighbourhood — The Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City For other uses, see Neighbourhood (disambiguation). A neighbourhood or neighborhood (see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town or suburb …   Wikipedia

neighbourhood — (BrE) (AmE neighborhood) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ friendly, nice ▪ safe ▪ quiet ▪ vibrant ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

neighbourhood — [[t]ne͟ɪbə(r)hʊd[/t]] neighbourhoods (in AM, use neighborhood) 1) N COUNT A neighbourhood is one of the parts of a town where people live. It seemed like a good neighbourhood to raise my children. Syn: area 2) N COUNT The neighbourhood of a place …   English dictionary

neighbourhood — n. BE; AE spelling: neighborhood 1) a bad ( unsafe ); changing; friendly; good, nice, pleasant neighbourhood 2) an ethnic; residential neighbourhood 3) in a neighbourhood (we live in a nice neighbourhood) * * * [ neɪbəhʊd] changing friendly good …   Combinatory dictionary

neighbourhood — BrE neighborhood AmE noun (C) 1 a small area of a town, or the people who live there: You re going to wake up the whole neighbourhood with that noise. | I grew up in a quiet neighborhood of Boston. | a neighbourhood school 2 in the neighbourhood… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

neighbourhood */*/ — UK [ˈneɪbə(r)ˌhʊd] / US [ˈneɪbərˌhʊd] noun [countable] Word forms neighbourhood : singular neighbourhood plural neighbourhoods a) a particular area of a city or town He lives in our neighbourhood. a poor/middle class/wealthy neighbourhood a… …   English dictionary