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neighbourhood

noun

People living near one another

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Word Facts

Word length
13
Starts with
N
Ends with
D
Contains
EI
Scrabble score
23
CEFR level
B1

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noun

  1. People living near one another

    “It is a friendly neighborhood”

noun

  1. A surrounding or nearby region

    “The plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville”

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Example Sentences

It is a friendly neighborhood
My neighborhood voted for Bush
The plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville
It is a rugged locality
He always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood
I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods

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