neighbourhood

[US]/'neɪbəhʊd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. district; people living in a certain area; an area adjacent to a certain place.

Example Sentences

They are neighbourhood paper.

the importance of neighbourhood to old people.

It cost in the neighbourhood of £500.

to call this neighbourhood policing would be a misnomer.

he was reluctant to leave the neighbourhood of London.

the cost would be in the neighbourhood of three billion.

the whole neighbourhood was in a state of fear and tumult.

The population of this city is in the neighbourhood of three million.

Most of the families in this neighbourhood are on welfare.

Are there many smithies in your neighbourhood?

she lived in a wealthy neighbourhood of Boston.

Can you hear someone calling in the neighbourhood?

At the funeral the whole neighbourhood came out to pay their respects (to him).

A break anywhere in the circuit may cause the lights in the neighbourhood to go out.

The boy wandered the neighbourhood, looking for his dog.

Street violence has escalated as a result of a turf war between rival neighbourhood gangs.

The residents in the neighbourhood all applauded the council's decision to close the small dye factory.

"If too old to work much, the retired worker is very enthusiastic about neighbourhood affairs."

The lake overflowed till all the villages in the neighbourhood were awash.

Real-world Examples

“We have enough problems in our own neighbourhood.”

Source: The Economist - China

It has so many different neighbourhoods, and they all have their own character.

Source: Oxford University: IELTS Foreign Teacher Course

That's an big neighbourhood in London.

Source: Learn grammar with Lucy.

Nearly 400 people are missing after the landslide hit a poor neighbourhood.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation October 2015

In the black decade, he was a teenager in one of Algiers' roughest neighbourhoods.

Source: The Guardian (Article Version)

I went out walking last night. Through the boy's neighbourhood.

Source: Go blank axis version

Another nine people died in a neighbourhood of Damascus.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation April 2013

It's one of the most affluent neighbourhoods in the city.

Source: Emma's delicious English

" The neighbourhood was divided into warring factions."

Source: Engvid-Adam Course Collection

One of the blasts hit a wedding party in a mixed Sunni-Shiite neighbourhood, killing many guests.

Source: BBC Listening Collection June 2013

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