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Neighbourhood Police Area Noun Bre ˈneɪbəhʊd ˈneɪbərhʊd Grew

Word neighbourhood
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈneɪbəhʊd / NAmE / ˈneɪbərhʊd /
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  • we grew up in the same neighbourhood.
  • a poor/quiet/residential neighbourhood
  • manhattan is divided into distinct neighborhoods.
  • the neighbourhood police
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neighbourhood

(noun)BrE / ˈneɪbəhʊd / NAmE / ˈneɪbərhʊd /
  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
    • 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
    • synonym vicinity
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/vicinity
    • We searched the surrounding neighbourhood for the missing boy.
    • Houses in the neighbourhood of Paris are extremely expensive.
  3. approximately; not exactly
    • It cost in the neighbourhood of $500.

    Extra Examples

    • Before long the whole neighbourhood knew about it.
    • I lived in a tough neighbourhood.
    • It was a car from outside the immediate neighbourhood.
    • Our health depends on creating neighbourhoods that are conducive to walking.
    • She volunteered to make a potato salad for the neighbourhood party.
    • The place feels like a real neighbourhood.
    • There was a large school in the neighbourhood.
    • There were various parks around the neighbourhood.
    • They hired a private police force to patrol the neighbourhood.
    • They often got together with other parents in the local neighbourhood.
    • Tourists rarely visit that neighbourhood.
    • We used to ride bikes around the neighbourhood.
    • a bar located in the middle of Chicago’s gay neighbourhood
    • a neighbourhood populated mainly by Mexican Americans
    • stray dogs who roam the neighbourhood
    • the criminals who are destroying our neighbourhood
    • We live in a quiet, residential neighbourhood in the south of the city.
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