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neighbourhood in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. a surrounding or nearby region
    "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"
    vicinity  locality  neighborhood  neighbourhood  neck of the woods 
  2. people living near one another
    "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush"
    neighborhood  neighbourhood 
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neighbourhood in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (noun) Close proximity, particularly in reference to home
  2. (noun) and, by extension, it's inhabitants
  3. (noun) (archaic) The quality or condition of being a neighbour; the state of being or dwelling near; proximity.
  4. (noun) (topology) The infinitesimal open set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point; The set of all the vertex/vertices adjacent to a given vertex
  5. (noun) (obsolete) The disposition becoming a neighbour; neighbourly kindness or good will.
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