neighborhood

How to use neighborhood in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for neighborhood.

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We had a "weekend rental" in our neighborhood - it was not listed through AirBnB.

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Quick take

a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of neighborhood gathered in one view.

noun

people living near one another; "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush"

noun

the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of'); "it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job"; "the price is in the neighborhood of $100"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for neighborhood.

noun

See also: vicinity, locality, neighbourhood

noun

people living near one another; "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush"

noun

an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community); "an ethnic neighborhood"

Example sentences

We had a "weekend rental" in our neighborhood - it was not listed through AirBnB.

Google recommends you not link to websites in bad neighborhoods.

You can't buy land to build a smokestack plant in a quiet residential neighborhood - ditto.

Over the years it's gotten to the point where multiple times a week they're buzzing around the neighborhood, stabbing the backyard with their searchlights.

Craning her neck to stare at that stupid dim little screen instead of just looking around at the beautiful neighborhood I lived in.

For example, to a certain philosophy within the borg, that blog post should teach you your lesson about being in a "bad neighborhood.

You'll still be in a bad neighborhood, but you'll be in a bad neighborhood which is highly unlikely to get hit with the orbital ion cannon.

At least, I'm telling every one I meet - for technical talent, you are not competing against the other startups in your neighborhood.

Welcomed into every neighborhood - direct, very high speed fiber access in every home was quickly made into a "right".

The house became a place to throw a party for forty out-of-town guests, and the neighborhood residents...well at $500 a night why should a renter give a fuck about them?The couple hooking up on the down-low, well they sent the brats outside during morning nookie time.

Worse, a lot of the cultural diversity that made San Francisco interesting has been driven out by the high prices -- it's a much more homogenous city than a few years ago, where mom-and-pop shops and other neighborhood amenities have been replaced by places selling $10 "artisinal grilled cheese" sandwiches and "mixology" bars where you can buy your choice of $15 cocktail.