neighborhood
/ˈneɪbə.hʊd/ · noun
Meaning
- The residential area near one's home.
- The inhabitants of a residential area.
- A formal or informal division of a municipality or region.
- An approximate amount.
- The quality of physical proximity.
- The quality of being a neighbor, of living nearby, next to each other; proximity.
- Close proximity; nearness.
- The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.
- Within a topological space:
- A set containing an open set which contains some specified point.
- Alternatively: An open set which contains some specified point.
- Within a metric space:
Etymology / origin
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”).
- naburigheid(nl)→
- nichbourheid(sco)→
- neȝeburredde(enm)→
- neighborhood (English)
- Relations: der, cog, cog
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