neigh·bor·hood  (n āb ər-h d ′)
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n.1. A district or area with distinctive characteristics: a neighborhood of fine homes; a working-class neighborhood. 2. The people who live near one another or in a particular district or area: The noise upset the entire neighborhood. 3. The surrounding area; vicinity: happened to be in the neighborhood. 4. Informal Approximate amount or range: in the neighborhood of five million dollars. 5. Friendliness appropriate to a neighbor: a feeling of neighborhood. 6. Mathematics The set of points surrounding a specified point, each of which is within a certain, usually small distance from the specified point. |
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