neighbors

1. 1
   people next doornoun

   Plural of neighbor.

   Several neighbors gathered on the porch to watch the storm roll in.

   The committee asked nearby neighbors for input before approving the plan.

   Note

   The American spelling of the plural. Neighbor is the US standard form of neighbour, and writers who use neighbour make the plural neighbours. Pick one spelling and keep it throughout a text. The same letters also spell the present-tense verb, so in a short headline only the surrounding words tell you whether people or places are meant.

2. 2
   lies next toverb

   Third-person singular simple present of neighbor.

   The farm neighbors a stretch of protected wetland to the east.

   This province neighbors two countries with very different trade rules.

   Note

   Here the -s marks agreement, not number. It appears when the subject is a single he, she or it, or a single place: the farm neighbors, the province neighbors. With a plural subject the bare form returns, as in the two farms neighbor each other. It follows the same American spelling as the plural noun and is easy to misread as that noun at a glance.

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