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1. A particular area; the surrounding or nearby region
   "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood";
   - vicinity, locality, neighbourhood [Brit, Cdn], neck of the woods, vicinage [N. Amer], backyard
    
2. People living near one another
   "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush";
   - neighbourhood [Brit, Cdn]
    
3. The approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in 'in the region of')
   "the price is in the neighborhood of $100";
   - region, neighbourhood [Brit, Cdn]
    
4. An area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)
   "an ethnic neighborhood";
   - neighbourhood [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: neighborhoods

Type of: area, community, country, indefinite quantity, section

Encyclopedia: Neighborhood