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Another word for neighborhood

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Noun

  1. A rather small part of a geographic unit considered in regard to its inhabitants or distinctive characteristics

      1. One of four equal parts.
      2. A coin equal to one fourth of the dollar of the United States and Canada.
      3. One fourth of an hour; 15 minutes.
      1. A division of an area, as for administrative purposes.
      2. A region or locality marked by a distinguishing feature:
      3. To mark off or divide into districts.
      1. A roughly bounded part of the space on a surface; a region:
      2. A surface, especially an open, unoccupied piece of ground:
      3. A distinct part or section, as of a building, set aside for a specific function:
    See also:

    territory

  2. A part of the earth's surface

      1. An area or a region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic.
      2. A section of an area or territory established for a specific purpose, as a section of a city restricted to a particular type of building, enterprise, or activity:
      3. An area of a given radius within which a uniform rate is charged, as for transportation or shipping.
      1. An expanse of land or water.
      2. A specified or limited area of land:
      3. A system of organs and tissues that together perform a specialized function:
      1. A large, usually continuous segment of a surface or space:
      2. A portion of the earth's surface distinguished from others by some characteristic:
      3. A bioregion.
      1. One of four equal parts.
      2. A coin equal to one fourth of the dollar of the United States and Canada.
      3. One fourth of an hour; 15 minutes.
      1. A particular neighborhood, place, or district:
      2. The fact or quality of having position in space.
      1. A division of an area, as for administrative purposes.
      2. A region or locality marked by a distinguishing feature:
      3. To mark off or divide into districts.
      1. A flexible band, as of leather or cloth, worn around the waist or over a shoulder to support clothing, secure tools or weapons, or serve as decoration.
      2. Something resembling a belt, as a number of machine-gun rounds attached together in a strip.
      3. An encircling route.
      1. A roughly bounded part of the space on a surface; a region:
      2. A surface, especially an open, unoccupied piece of ground:
      3. A distinct part or section, as of a building, set aside for a specific function:
    See also:

    territory

  3. A surrounding area

      1. The state of being near in space or relationship; proximity:
      2. A nearby, surrounding, or adjoining region; a neighborhood.
      3. An approximate degree or amount:
      1. The external objects, conditions, and circumstances that affect existence and development; the environment.
      1. A subdivision or district of a city or town under the jurisdiction of or patrolled by a specific unit of its police force.
      2. The police station situated in and having jurisdiction over such a district.
      3. An election district of a city or town.
      1. A particular neighborhood, place, or district:
      2. The fact or quality of having position in space.
      1. A place, especially with reference to a particular event:
      2. The scene or setting, as of a novel.
      1. A surrounding area, especially of a city.
      2. Surroundings; environment.
      1. The totality of the natural world, often excluding humans:
      2. A subset of the natural world; an ecosystem:
      3. The combination of external physical conditions that affect and influence the growth, development, behavior, and survival of organisms:
    See also:

    place

    near

  4. A surrounding site

      1. The state of being near in space or relationship; proximity:
      2. A nearby, surrounding, or adjoining region; a neighborhood.
      3. An approximate degree or amount:
      1. A particular neighborhood, place, or district:
      2. The fact or quality of having position in space.
      1. A roughly bounded part of the space on a surface; a region:
      2. A surface, especially an open, unoccupied piece of ground:
      3. A distinct part or section, as of a building, set aside for a specific function:
    See also:

    place

    near

  5. Approximate size or amount

      1. The state of being near in space or relationship; proximity:
      2. A nearby, surrounding, or adjoining region; a neighborhood.
      3. An approximate degree or amount:
      1. A number or grouping of things in the same category or within specified limits:
      2. An amount or extent of variation:
      3. The gamut of tones that a voice or instrument is capable of producing.
    See also:

    near

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Another word for neighborhood

Noun
      1. An expanse of land or water.
      2. A specified or limited area of land:
      3. A system of organs and tissues that together perform a specialized function:
      1. A portion, division, piece, or segment of a whole.
      2. Any of several equal portions or fractions that can constitute a whole or into which a whole can be divided:
      3. A division of a book or artistic work such as a film:
      1. A usually residential area or community outlying a city.
      2. The usually residential region around a major city; the environs.
      1. One of several components; a piece.
      2. A subdivision of a written work.
      3. A distinct portion or provision of a legal code or set of laws, often establishing a particular legal requirement:
      1. An area or a region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic.
      2. A section of an area or territory established for a specific purpose, as a section of a city restricted to a particular type of building, enterprise, or activity:
      3. An area of a given radius within which a uniform rate is charged, as for transportation or shipping.
      1. A roughly bounded part of the space on a surface; a region:
      2. A surface, especially an open, unoccupied piece of ground:
      3. A distinct part or section, as of a building, set aside for a specific function:
      1. A large, usually continuous segment of a surface or space:
      2. A portion of the earth's surface distinguished from others by some characteristic:
      3. A bioregion.
      1. The state of being contiguous.
      2. A continuous mass or series.
      1. A group of people living in the same locality and under the same government.
      2. The district or locality in which such a group lives.
      3. A group of people having common interests:
      1. Proximity; nearness.
      2. Kinship.
      3. Similarity in nature.
      1. A room in a hospital usually holding six or more patients.
      2. A division in a hospital for the care of a particular group of patients:
      3. A division of a city or town, especially an electoral district, for administrative and representative purposes.
      1. A subdivision or district of a city or town under the jurisdiction of or patrolled by a specific unit of its police force.
      2. The police station situated in and having jurisdiction over such a district.
      3. An election district of a city or town.
      1. The state of being physically close
      2. The state of being friends
      3. The state of being mean or stingy
      1. An administrative part of a diocese, especially an Anglican or Roman Catholic diocese, having its own church and a designated priest.
      2. The members of such a parish; a religious community attending one church.
      3. A political subdivision of a British county, usually corresponding in boundaries to an original ecclesiastical parish.
      1. One of four equal parts.
      2. A coin equal to one fourth of the dollar of the United States and Canada.
      3. One fourth of an hour; 15 minutes.
      1. The state of being adjacent; contiguity.
      2. A thing that is adjacent.
      1. A division of an area, as for administrative purposes.
      2. A region or locality marked by a distinguishing feature:
      3. To mark off or divide into districts.
      1. The state, quality, sense, or fact of being near or next; closeness:
      1. A particular neighborhood, place, or district:
      2. The fact or quality of having position in space.
      1. A limited region around a particular area; a vicinity.
      2. A number of places situated near each other and considered as a group.
      3. The residents of a particular neighborhood.
      1. The state of being near in space or relationship; proximity:
      2. A nearby, surrounding, or adjoining region; a neighborhood.
      3. An approximate degree or amount:
      1. A solid piece of a hard substance, such as wood, having one or more flat sides.
      2. Such a piece used as a construction member or as a support.
      3. Such a piece upon which chopping or cutting is done:
      1. A surrounding area, especially of a city.
      2. Surroundings; environment.
    See also:

    area

Idioms:

    in the neighborhood of

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Sentence Examples

  • Foxes are common in the neighborhood of Rome.

  • There was a man in my neighborhood who lived in a hollow tree.

  • We were just like everybody else around the neighborhood, and we sure never starved.

  • The neighborhood had slowly changed over the years.

  • join the primary tube in the neighborhood of the leaf-gaps.

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