neighborhood
/ˈneɪbɚˌhʊd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A formal or informal division of a municipality or region.
American usage; Countable; Uncountable
noun
The quality of being a neighbor, of living nearby, next to each other; proximity.
American usage; Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable
noun
The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.
American usage; Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "He lives in my neighborhood."
- "I know the shadiest breeziest spots, hidden tables surrounded by trees that have lived longer than the neighborhoods around them. […] I simply remembered a great little park in a neighborhood where I used to teach at the elementary school up the road."
- "The fire alarmed the neighborhood."
- "We have just moved to a pleasant neighborhood."
- "He must be making in the neighborhood of $200,000 per year."
- "The slums and the palace were in awful neighborhood."
Etymology
From an alteration of earlier neighborred (“neighborhood”), from Middle English neȝeburredde, neheborreden, equivalent to neighbor + -red; the term being interpreted as neighbor + -hood. For change in suffix (-red to -hood), compare brotherhood. Cognates Cognate with Scots nichbourheid (“neighbourhood”). Compare also Dutch naburigheid (“neighbourhood”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈneɪbɚˌhʊd/
- British English: /ˈneɪbə.hʊd/
Usage
- American usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- Obsolete
- Dated