# neighborhood

Pronunciation: US say "NAY-bur-huud" /ˈneɪbɚˌhʊd/; UK say "NAY-buh-huud" /ˈneɪbə.hʊd/

## Noun

1. The residential area surrounding one's home, including the nearby streets and houses.
   - Simple: The streets and homes close to where you live.
   - _The neighborhood has changed a lot since the new families arrived._
   - _She grew up in a working-class neighborhood on the city's east side._
2. The people who live together in a residential area, taken as a group.
   - Simple: All the people who live near each other in one area.
   - _The neighborhood voted to keep the old playground rather than sell the land._
   - _She knew the neighborhood would welcome the newcomers warmly._
3. A formal or informal section of a city, town, or region.
   - Simple: A part of a city or town that has its own name or limits.
   - _The downtown neighborhood was rezoned for mixed commercial and residential use._
   - _Each neighborhood elects its own representative to the local council._
4. The quality or state of being physically near to something.
   - Simple: The state of being close to something in space.
   - _The neighborhood of the factory affected air quality across several blocks._
   - _Builders worried about the neighborhood of the new tower to the unstable cliff._
5. An approximate figure or amount, typically used in the phrase "in the neighborhood of."
   - Simple: A rough estimate of a number or amount.
   - _The company posted profits in the neighborhood of three million for the quarter._
   - _Their offer came in somewhere in the neighborhood of the asking price._

## Noun

6. The condition of being a neighbor or of living near one another; proximity. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: The state of living near other people, as neighbors do.
7. The kindness or good will befitting a neighbor; neighborly friendliness. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Kind, friendly behavior of the sort a good neighbor shows.

## Other meanings

- (noun) In topology, a set that contains an open set which in turn contains a given point.
- (noun) In a metric space, a set that contains an open ball which contains a given point.
- (noun) In graph theory, the set of all vertices adjacent to a given vertex.
- (noun) In cellular automata, the set of cells near a given cell that determine its state in the next generation.
- (noun) In topology, the infinitesimal open set of all points reachable directly from a given point.
- (noun) In topology, an open set containing a given point, under the alternative convention that requires the neighborhood itself to be open.
- (noun) In a metric space, an open ball containing a given point, under the alternative convention identifying a neighborhood with that ball.

## Origin

An alteration of the earlier 'neighborred' (from Middle English 'neȝeburredde'), originally 'neighbor' plus '-red', which was later reinterpreted as 'neighbor' plus '-hood' (compare the suffix change in 'brotherhood'). It is cognate with Scots 'nichbourheid' and comparable to Dutch 'naburigheid'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/neighborhood (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).