neighbourhood

Universal Words (BrE) (AmE neighborhood) noun 1 a district or an area of a town; the people who live there: We grew up in the same neighbourhood. * a poor / quiet / residential neighbourhood * Manhattan is divided into distinct neighborhoods. * the neighbourhood police / residents / services * He shouted so loudly that the whole neighbourhood could hear him. 2 the area that you are in or the area near a particular place: We searched the surrounding neighbourhood for the missing boy. * Houses in the neighbourhood of Paris are extremely expensive. IDIOMS in the neighbourhood of (of a number or an amount) approximately; not exactly: It cost in the neighbourhood of ｣500.