neighbourhoodneigh‧bour‧hood British English, neighborhood American English /ˈneɪbəhʊd $ -ər-/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun [countable] 
She grew up in a quiet neighborhood of Boston. The hotel is situated in a peaceful residential neighbourhood (=area where there are houses rather than factories or shops). a neighbourhood school► see thesaurus at areaRegisterIn everyday British English, instead of saying in my neighbourhood, people often say where I live:· There aren’t many bookshops where I live.2the neighbourhood the area around you or around a particular place, or the people who live there: Be quiet! You’ll wake up the whole neighbourhood!in the neighbourhood Is there a good Chinese restaurant in the neighbourhood?3(something) in the neighbourhood of £500/30% etc a little more or a little less than a particular number or amount SYN approximately: The painting is worth something in the neighborhood of $3,000.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The Cranstons live in a very wealthy neighbourhood.
- And yet the loss of these buildings can really damage the character of a neighbourhood.
- In their study, they interviewed women in one neighbourhood in depth about the violent experiences they had suffered.
- Leonard spent hours walking and cycling around the neighbourhood looking for it.
- One of the tasks of the project is to develop informal care networks, community, local neighbourhood networks for these people.
- This neighbourhood approach was echoed by the Fineview Citizens Council.
- We also have to traipse round the neighbourhood on All Hallows Eve, calling on neighbours, who give our children sweets.
- Where a family no longer exists, neighbourhood organisations can provide a web of family-like relationships.
THESAURUS
a part of a town or country, or of the world: · They live in a very wealthy area.· coastal areas
a large area of a country or the world: · the northwest region of Russia· desert regions
an area that is different from other areas around it in some way: · a war zone· a no-parking zone· We crossed two different time zones (=areas where there is a particular time compared to the rest of the world.)
one of the areas a city or town is officially divided into, or an area of a city where a particular group live or an activity happens: · the Chelsea district of Manhattanthe business/financial/theatre etc district: · the financial district of London
British English American English an area of a town where people live: · a friendly neighbourhood· There are lots of trees in our neighborhood.
an area outside the centre of a city, where people live: · a suburb of Boston
an area of a town or city where people of a particular nationality live: · the French quarter of New Orleans
an area of a city that is in very bad condition, where many poor people live: · He grew up in the slums of East London.
an area of a city where poor people of a particular race or class live: · a black baby born in the ghetto
Longman Language Activatoran area in or around a town or city an area in or around a town or city: area of: · The family lives in Roxbury, a working-class area of Boston.poor/rich area: · Raul grew up in a poor area of Buenos Aires.
one of the areas that a town or city is officially divided into, or one of the areas of a town or city where a particular group of people live or a particular activity happens: district of: · Their apartment is in the Chongwen district of Peking.business/financial/historical etc district: · Blaine works in the financial district.
British /neighborhood American one of the parts of a town or city: · The Cranstons live in a very wealthy neighbourhood.neighbourhood of: · I grew up in a quiet neighborhood of Birmingham.in the neighbourhood/neighborhood: · Are there any good restaurants in the neighborhood?
an area in a town or city that is lived in by people of a particular type or nationality: quarter of: · We rented a house in the Creole quarter of New Orleans.· The Dahdah palace is in the old Jewish quarter of Damascus.
part of a city that is officially divided from other parts because it is of a particular type: residential/commercial zone: · This is a residential zone -- no commercial buildings are allowed.pedestrian zone (=a zone where cars, motorcycles etc are not allowed): · Most of the town centre is now a pedestrian zone.
especially American a group of buildings in a city, with four streets around it - often used as a way of talking about distances in the city: · She lived three blocks away from me when we were kids.· Many of the families on our block are Hispanic-Americans.
an area away from the centre of a city, where people live, especially an area where there are houses with gardens: suburb of: · Amy teaches at a primary school in a suburb of Atlanta.the suburbs: · My family moved to the suburbs when I was ten.
American an area in an American town or city that is officially divided from other parts and that has its own police department etc: · the fourteenth precinct· The mayor has lost support in many precincts of the city.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Be quiet! You’ll wake up the whole neighbourhood!COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1an area of a town or city: Be quiet! You’ll wake up the whole neighbourhood! (=where a lot of deprived people live) our deprived inner cities
our deprived inner cities British English, an exclusive neighborhood American English:· Some of these kids are from the most exclusive neighbourhoods.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· There was one village shop in our immediate neighbourhood where most necessities could be purchased.· Otherwise the fields in the immediate neighbourhood of each particle become infinite.· The Souk Al-Gadira existed only for its immediate neighbourhood.· Mr. Yeo I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his offer to defend increasing traffic in his immediate neighbourhood.
· One of the tasks of the project is to develop informal care networks, community, local neighbourhood networks for these people.· Further Work Statistical processing provides a simple, efficient method for picking the correct words based on local neighbourhood.· We will redeploy police resources in order to increase police presence in local communities and establish local neighbourhood offices.· It has stressed the need for personal and family responsibility within a framework of the local community or neighbourhood.· That is, syntactic and semantic influences are only considered between words that are within a local neighbourhood of each other.
· So Robert was whipped,. in he cried so loud with the pain that the whole neighbourhood could hear him.· Later he considered a centralised system able to produce gas for a whole neighbourhood.· Our nightly promenade up and down the road has put us on speaking terms with the whole neighbourhood.
NOUN· Does he further agree that there is a need to reopen neighbourhood police stations and to put more emphasis on community policing?· The observational data show that Easton's neighbourhood police have two recipes for resolving this dilemma and its associated conundrum.· It is not just because of their greater autonomy that discretion in both senses is very important to neighbourhood police.· But this type of contact also demonstrates that the neighbourhood police see themselves as having a welfare function.· There are nine neighbourhood police in Easton, with their own sergeant, and they operate as two shifts.· The neighbourhood police also provide extra manpower for the Community Relations Unit at special events in youth clubs or at camps.
· This type of contact requires local knowledge and that the neighbourhood policeman take an interest in people in his area.· The neighbourhood policeman attempted to speak to him but the child ran away.· The thing about being a neighbourhood policeman is the way you police your beat.
· Therefore, another essential quality in effective neighbourhood policing is using experienced officers who have familiarity on the beat.· The primary emphasis in community policing in West Belfast is on neighbourhood policing.· Not everyone is suited to neighbourhood policing.
· There are neighbourhood watch schemes and informal baby-minding groups.· In the Croydon area, where neighbourhood watch schemes are strong, burglaries are down.· Where there is sustained development of neighbourhood watch schemes, there is a sustained decrease in the number of burglaries.· Mr. Dunn Will my right hon. Friend take time today to congratulate those who are running successful neighbourhood watch schemes in Dartford?· Does he agree that neighbourhood watches can be deemed only an aid to proper policing, in terms of numbers and police efficiency?· A neighbourhood watch scheme has been established linking each home, where every door and gate is permanently locked against intruders.· Mr. Vaz I, too, welcome the growth of the neighbourhood watch schemes.· The exhibition included various crime prevention systems both for the home and the car and details of neighbourhood watch.
VERB· But we lived in a middle-class neighbourhood and I met with a lot of disapproval.
She grew up in a quiet neighborhood of Boston. The hotel is situated in a peaceful residential neighbourhood (=area where there are houses rather than factories or shops). a neighbourhood school► see thesaurus at areaRegisterIn everyday British English, instead of saying in my neighbourhood, people often say where I live:· There aren’t many bookshops where I live.2the neighbourhood the area around you or around a particular place, or the people who live there: Be quiet! You’ll wake up the whole neighbourhood!in the neighbourhood Is there a good Chinese restaurant in the neighbourhood?3(something) in the neighbourhood of £500/30% etc a little more or a little less than a particular number or amount SYN approximately: The painting is worth something in the neighborhood of $3,000.