Neighbours Nearest Person Country Noun Bre ˈneɪbə(R ˈneɪbər

• we've had a lot of support from all our friends and neighbours.
• our next-door neighbours are very noisy.
• what is britain's nearest neighbour?
• stand quietly, children, and try not to talk to your neighbour.

neighbour

1. a person who lives next to you or near you
• We've had a lot of support from all our friends and neighbours.
• Our next-door neighbours are very noisy.
2. a country that is next to or near another country
• What is Britain's nearest neighbour?
3. a person or thing that is standing or located next to another person or thing
• Stand quietly, children, and try not to talk to your neighbour.
• The tree fell slowly, its branches caught in those of its neighbours.
4. any other human
• We should all love our neighbours.

Extra Examples

• He’s having a barbecue and he’s inviting all the neighbours.
• I’ve just met our new neighbours.
• My nearest neighbour lives a few miles away.
• Our new neighbours moved in today.
• She could hear her downstairs neighbour moving around.
• She leaned over to her nearest neighbour and whispered something.
• She’s been a very good neighbour to me.
• Shh! You’ll wake the neighbours.
• The country is vulnerable to attack from hostile neighbours.
• The neighbours complained about his loud music.
• The two men became neighbours.
• They are near neighbours of ours.

Word Origin

• Old English nēahgebūr, from nēah ‘nigh, near’ + gebūr ‘inhabitant, peasant, farmer’ (compare with boor).