neighborhood meaning and definition

NEIGHBORHOOD noun

Definition of neighborhood (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"
   • synonyms: locality, neck of the woods, neighbourhood, vicinity
2. people living near one another
   • "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush"
   • synonyms: neighbourhood
3. the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')
   • "it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job"; "the price is in the neighborhood of $100"
   • synonyms: region
4. an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)
   • "an ethnic neighborhood"