neighbourhood
a surrounding or nearby region
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,998 of 86,757 words measured. It occurs 43,725 times across 426,181 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a surrounding or nearby region also: vicinity, locality, neighborhood, neck of the woods the plane crashed in the vicinity of Ashevilleit is a rugged locality
- people living near one another also: neighborhood it is a friendly neighborhoodmy neighborhood voted for Bush
neighbourhood in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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So, standing out from the neighbourhood of Hispaniola, Pierre François ventured farther afield.
The Boy's Book of the Sea · Eric Wood · Chapter 2
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Still he listened, in that movelessness which the haunted neighbourhood had taught him.
The Heart of the Ancient Wood · Charles G. D., Sir Roberts · Chapter 2
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In the neighbourhood of Torksey, and, traditionally, part of an extensive forest, in past times.
The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme · Thomas Cooper · Chapter 2
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John Stanley, `Head of all Parties,' as he styled himself, belonged to the same neighbourhood.
Six Months at the Cape · R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne · Chapter 1
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But the pursuit after him was very hot, and the soldiers of Cromwell arrived in the neighbourhood.
Holidays & Happy-Days · Hamish Hendry · Chapter 1