neighborhood
/ˈneɪbə.hʊd//ˈneɪbɚˌhʊd/
noun
- 1
The quality of being a neighbor, of living nearby, next to each-other; proximity.
“Our neighborhood was our only reason to exchange hollow greetings.”
- 2
Close proximity, nearby area; particularly, close proximity to one's home.
“He lives in my neighborhood.”
- 3
The inhabitants of a residential area.
“The fire alarmed the neighborhood.”
- 4
A formal or informal division of a municipality or region.
“We have just moved to a pleasant neighborhood.”
- 5
An approximate amount.
“He must be making in the neighborhood of $200,000 per year.”
- 6
The quality of physical proximity.
“The slums and the palace were in awful neighborhood.”
- 7
The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.
- 8
Within a topological space:
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Within a metric space:
- 10
The infinitesimal open set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point.
- 11
The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex.
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