neighborhood

  • 11neighborhood — noun 1. a surrounding or nearby region (Freq. 28) 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… …

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  • 12neighborhood — noun 1) a quiet neighborhood Syn: district, area, locality, locale, quarter, community; part, region, zone; informal neck of the woods, hood, nabe, stomping ground, stamping ground 2) in the neighborhood of Greensboro …

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  • 13neighborhood — noun Date: 15th century 1. neighborly relationship 2. the quality or state of being neighbors ; proximity 3. a. a place or region near ; vicinity b. an approximate amount, extent, or degree < cost in the neighborhood of $100 > 4 …

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  • 14neighborhood — noun a) A nearby area. Our neighborhood was our only reason to exchange hollow greetings b) The inhabitants of a residential area. We have just moved to a pleasant neighborhood Syn: vicinity, proximity …

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  • 15neighborhood — neigh•bor•hood [[t]ˈneɪ bərˌhʊd[/t]] n. 1) the area or region around or near some place or thing; vicinity 2) a district or locality, often with reference to its character or inhabitants: a fashionable neighborhood[/ex] 3) a number of persons&#8230; …

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  • 16neighborhood — A place near; an adjoining or surrounding district; a more immediate vicinity; vicinage. Connally v. General Const. Co., 269 U.S. 385, 46 S.Ct. 126, 129, 70 L.Ed. 322. It is not synonymous with territory or district, but is a collective noun,&#8230; …

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  • 17neighborhood — A place near; an adjoining or surrounding district; a more immediate vicinity; vicinage. Connally v. General Const. Co., 269 U.S. 385, 46 S.Ct. 126, 129, 70 L.Ed. 322. It is not synonymous with territory or district, but is a collective noun,&#8230; …

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  • 18neighborhood — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. community, vicinity, district, region, environs, presence, venue. See nearness, environment, location. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. environs, block, vicinity, vicinage, locality, proximity, purlieus,&#8230; …

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  • 19neighborhood — n 1. vicinity, environs, precinct, quarter, part, parts, locale; district, locality, confines, area, region, community, environment, suburbs, outskirts, surrounding parts; Inf. neck of the woods, Inf. haunts, Inf. stamping grounds. 2. nearness,&#8230; …

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  • 20neighborhood — A region, area, or territory of local significance, characterized by people living in it as neighbors; a local community. State v Hughes, 82 Mo 86, 89. As the term is used in the common law definition of trial by jury, the members of which were&#8230; …

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