| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | neigh·bor·hood |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  n  b r-h d |
| NOUN: | 1. A district or area with distinctive characteristics: a neighborhood of fine homes; an ethnic 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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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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