(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.
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