neighborhood en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
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”).
Meanings
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(US, countable, uncountable) The residential area near one's home.
He lives in my neighborhood.
I know the shadiest breeziest spots, hidden tables surrounded by trees that have lived longer than the neighborhoods around them. […] I simply remembered a great little park in a neighborhood where I used to teach at the elementary school up the road.
2020 September 5, Jane Greenway Carr, “How we spent our summer not-vacations”, in CNN:
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(US, collective, countable, uncountable) The inhabitants of a residential area.
The fire alarmed the neighborhood.
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(US, countable, uncountable) A formal or informal division of a municipality or region.
We have just moved to a pleasant neighborhood.
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(US, countable, uncountable) An approximate amount.
He must be making in the neighborhood of $200,000 per year.
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(US, countable, uncountable) The quality of physical proximity.
The slums and the palace were in awful neighborhood.
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(US, countable, obsolete, uncountable) The quality of being a neighbor, of living nearby, next to each other; proximity.
Then the prison and the palace were in awful neighbourhood.
1835, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Rienzi, the Last of the Roman Tribunes:Nor content with such / Audacious neighbourhood, the wisest heart / Of Solomon he led by fraud to build / His Temple right against the Temple of God.
1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 243-245, […] if you do any thing for charity, helpe me; if for neighborhood or brotherhood, helpe me […]
Our neighborhood was our only reason to exchange hollow greetings.
Take her, fair son, and from her blood raise up Issue to me; that the contending kingdoms Of France and England, whose very shores look pale With envy of each other’s happiness, May cease their hatred; and this dear conjunction Plant neighbourhood and Christian-like accord In their sweet bosoms […]
1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
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(US, countable, dated, uncountable) Close proximity; nearness.
At first he was partly hidden among the latschen, then his hind-quarters, quite black, emerged from the dark green bushes, as he slowly moved on, perfectly unconscious of our neighbourhood.
1853, Charles Boner, Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria, page 286:
- (US, countable, obsolete, uncountable) The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.
- (US, countable, uncountable) Within a topological space: ▸ A set containing an open set which contains some specified point.
- (US, countable, uncountable) Within a topological space: ▸ Alternatively: An open set which contains some specified point.
- (US, countable, uncountable) Within a metric space: ▸ A set containing an open ball which contains a specified point.
- (US, countable, uncountable) Within a metric space: ▸ Alternatively: An open ball which contains some specified point.
- (US, countable, uncountable) The infinitesimal open set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point.
- (US, countable, uncountable) The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex.
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(US, countable, uncountable) The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex. ▸ The set of all cells near a given cell used to determine that cell's state in the next generation.
Universal: Is able to simulate other CA, the neighborhood size may be limited but the number of cell value should be unlimited (big neighborhoods can be transformed into multivalued cells).
2005 September 7, IzI, “reversible universal 1D CA?”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):In fact, it looks at the number of states and the neighborhood of the rule (determined by the filename), and decides whether to make it a lookup-table, or a "computed-function" rule.
1990 July 9, David Hiebeler, “Languages for programming cellular automata”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):I've seen this space colloquially referred to as MAP (presumably since it maps a 3x3 neighborhood into a future cell state), or more precisely and if you want to be pedantic, since there are a lot of variants of cellular automata: 2D Range-1 Moore neighborhood 2-state (non-totalistic) cellular automata (regular euclidean grid implied, although some people explore toroidal configurations, nonstandard tilings, or arbitrary graphs).
2022 February 11, Mateon1, “Game of Life with real 8 neighbors”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| neighborhoods | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| neighbourhood | UK, alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
neighborhoodful · clear the neighborhood · neighborhoody · neighborhoodlike · in close neighborhood · nabe · hood · orthographic neighborhood · compact neighborhood · von Neumann neighborhood · agrihood · neighborhood electric vehicle · eco-neighborhood · neighborhooding · niggerhood · neighborhood play · Margolus neighborhood · Moore neighborhood · punctured neighborhood · gay neighborhood · in the neighborhood of · there goes the neighborhood · gayborhood · microneighborhood
Relateds
neighborred · neighborship · neighbourhead
Synonyms
proximity · neighborship · quarter · vicinity
Translations (280)
tr komşuluk (quality of being a neighbor) · cmn 周圍 /周围 (area near one's home) · fi naapuruus (quality of being a neighbor) · ar قُرْب (area near one's home) · ja 近所 (area near one's home) · ro cartier (division of a municipality or region) · fi kylä (division of a municipality or region) · ar جِوَار (area near one's home) · km ក្រវល់ (area near one's home) · tr mahalle (area near one's home) · uk окру́га (area near one's home) · tr semt (area near one's home) · be сусе́дзі (inhabitants of a residential area) · bg око́лност (topology: set containing an open ball which contains a specified point) · is nágrenni (area near one's home) · ru окру́га (area near one's home) · ta அண்டை (area near one's home) · sco neibourheid (area near one's home) · ca barri (division of a municipality or region) · de Nachbarschaft (inhabitants of a residential area) · ja 近隣 (area near one's home) · ka სამეზობლო (area near one's home) · ta சுமார் (approximate amount) · cy cymdogaeth (area near one's home) · no naboer (inhabitants of a residential area) · tr yöre (division of a municipality or region) · sv grannsämja (neighborly kindness or good will) · is grennd (topology: set containing an open set which contains some specified point) · cs sousedství (quality of being a neighbor) · da omegn (topology: set containing an open set which contains some specified point) · pt vizinhança (area near one's home) · ru добрососе́дство (neighborly kindness or good will) · km សង្កាត់ (area near one's home) · be сусе́дства (quality of being a neighbor) · el περιοχή (area near one's home) · ta அண்டை (quality of being a neighbor) · fo grannalag (area near one's home) · tl kapitbahayan (area near one's home) · ca barri (area near one's home) · id ketetanggaan (topology: set containing an open set which contains some specified point) · gd coimhearsnachd (inhabitants of a residential area) · ms kejiranan (area near one's home) · bg око́лност (topology: set containing an open set which contains some specified point) · hu városnegyed (division of a municipality or region) · pa ਗੁਆਂਢ (area near one's home) · hu környék (area near one's home) · la vīcīnia (area near one's home) · de Nachbarschaft (area near one's home) · el γειτονιά (area near one's home) · es vecindario (area near one's home) · vi lân cận (topology: set containing an open set which contains some specified point) · clt khytluo (division of a municipality or region) · tr komşuluk (topology: set containing an open set which contains some specified point) · fi alue (area near one's home) · fi lähiympäristö (topology: set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point) · sw mtaa (division of a municipality or region) · fi naapurusto (inhabitants of a residential area) · de Kiez (area near one's home) · it quartiere (area near one's home) · de Stadtteil (division of a municipality or region) · fi kulmakunta (division of a municipality or region) · de Quartier (area near one's home) · mk комшии (inhabitants of a residential area) · yue 附近 (area near one's home) · ja 近傍 (topology: set containing an open set which contains some specified point) · pt vizinhança (inhabitants of a residential area) · pl otoczenie (topology: set containing an open set which contains some specified point) · nl buurt (area near one's home) · fr voisinage (area near one's home) · ta அயல் (area near one's home) · sq fqinj (area near one's home) · no boområder (division of a municipality or region) · eo najbaraĵo (area near one's home) · et naabrus (area near one's home) · lad maale (area near one's home) · ja 周辺 (area near one's home) · ar حَيّ (division of a municipality or region) · eu auzo (area near one's home) · pt bairro (division of a municipality or region) · pt bairro (area near one's home) · sk susedstvo (quality of being a neighbor) · cmn 鄰里鄉親 /邻里乡亲 (inhabitants of a residential area) · da i omegnen af (approximate amount) · el γειτονιά (topology: set containing an open set which contains some specified point) · eo ĉirkaŭaĵo (topology: set containing an open set which contains some specified point) · nl buurt (gemeenschap) (inhabitants of a residential area) · no naboskap (area near one's home) · sh су́седство (area near one's home) · sh súsjedstvo (area near one's home) · de Nachbarschaft (quality of physical proximity) · ga comharsanacht (neighborly kindness or good will) · tr mahalle (division of a municipality or region) · bg о́кръг (division of a municipality or region) · ko 부근 (area near one's home) · egy h-A-w-Y1:Z2 (area near one's home) · it quartiere (division of a municipality or region) · da bydel (area near one's home) · uk око́лиці (area near one's home) · id lingkungan (topology: set containing an open set which contains some specified point) · pt vizinhança (topology: set containing an open set which contains some specified point) · rup vitsinami (area near one's home) · sv närhet (quality of physical proximity) · pt vizinhança (topology: set containing an open ball which contains a specified point) · sco neibourheid (inhabitants of a residential area) · bg добросъсе́дство (neighborly kindness or good will) · de Umgebung (topology: set containing an open set which contains some specified point) · es cercanía (area near one's home) · bg съсе́дство (area near one's home) · id lingkungan tetangga (area near one's home) · hy թաղ (area near one's home) · an vico (area near one's home) · cy cymdogaeth (inhabitants of a residential area) · cy cymdogaeth (quality of being a neighbor) · it intorno (topology: set containing an open set which contains some specified point) · it vicinanza (quality of physical proximity) · az məhəllə (area near one's home) · fi alue (division of a municipality or region) · ta கிட்ட (approximate amount) · de Viertel (area near one's home) · grk-ita jetonìa (area near one's home) · ru сосе́дство (quality of physical proximity) · afb فريج (area near one's home) · fi kulmakunta (area near one's home) · fa محله (area near one's home) · gd nàbachd (inhabitants of a residential area) · eo najbareco (quality of physical proximity) · de im Bereich von (approximate amount) · sv omgivning (topology: set containing an open set which contains some specified point) · ml അയൽപക്കം (quality of being a neighbor) · ta ஏறத்தாழ (approximate amount) · mk соседство (area near one's home) · fr quartier (area near one's home) · ca veïnat (topology: set containing an open set which contains some specified point) · nl nabijheid (quality of physical proximity) · hu szomszédság (quality of being a neighbor) · afb فريج (division of a municipality or region) · fi lähiympäristö (area near one's home) · id persekitaran (topology: set containing an open set which contains some specified point) · pl sąsiedztwo (area near one's home) · ro vecinătate (topology: set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point) · pa ਗੁਆਂਢ (inhabitants of a residential area) · ja 近所 (division of a municipality or region) · de Stadtteil (area near one's home) · tr civar (in usage, 'civarında') (approximate amount) · bg бли́зост (quality of physical proximity) · cs sousedstvo (inhabitants of a residential area) · pl sąsiedztwo (quality of being a neighbor) · fi kaupunginosa (division of a municipality or region) · tr yakınlık (quality of physical proximity) · sh súsjedstvo (inhabitants of a residential area) · he שְׁכוּנָה (area near one's home) · ar جِوَار (quality of being a neighbor) · sk susedstvo (area near one's home) · et naabrid (inhabitants of a residential area) · gu પડોશ (area near one's home) · vo niläd (area near one's home) · sv bostadsområde (division of a municipality or region) · ta அயல் (quality of physical proximity) · ast barriu (area near one's home) · da nabolag (inhabitants of a residential area) · ml അയൽപക്കം (area near one's home) · fi lähistö (area near one's home) · uk сусі́дство (quality of being a neighbor) · fr voisinage (topology: set containing an open set which contains some specified point) · es barrio (area near one's home) · ru бли́зость (quality of physical proximity) · sv grannskap (area near one's home) · sl soseščina (inhabitants of a residential area) · hu városrész (division of a municipality or region) · lt kaimynystė (area near one's home) · yue 鄰里 (area near one's home) · uk сусі́дство (area near one's home) · tr yaka (division of a municipality or region) · da naboskab (quality of being a neighbor) · bg съсе́дство (quality of being a neighbor) · ka მეზობლობა (quality of being a neighbor) · no naboskap (quality of being a neighbor) · ca entorn (topology: set containing an open set which contains some specified point) · sv kvarter (area near one's home) · et ümbruskond (area near one's home) · bg кварта́л (inhabitants of a residential area) · nl nabuurschap (quality of being a neighbor) · hu szomszédság (inhabitants of a residential area) · id pertetanggaan (quality of being a neighbor) · uk окі́л (topology: set containing an open set which contains some specified point) · ro vecinătate (area near one's home) · ca veïnat (inhabitants of a residential area) · rup vitsinatã (area near one's home) · hu negyed (division of a municipality or region) · fi naapurit (inhabitants of a residential area) · fi suuruusluokka (approximate amount) · gu પ્રતિવેશ (area near one's home) · ga comharsanacht (area near one's home) · fi naapuruus (quality of physical proximity) · tr muhit (area near one's home) · ru сосе́дство (quality of being a neighbor) · es vecindad (area near one's home) · tr yöre (area near one's home) · tr muhit (division of a municipality or region) · hu szomszédok (inhabitants of a residential area) · yi געגנט (area near one's home) · vo nilädanef (inhabitants of a residential area) · la vicinitas (area near one's home) · cy bro (area near one's home) · da nabolag (area near one's home) · eo kvartalo (division of a municipality or region) · km ជំនិត (division of a municipality or region) · sv grannskap (quality of being a neighbor) · ta சுற்றுப்புறம் (area near one's home) · nl kwartier (area near one's home) · da cirka (approximate amount) · de Umgebung (area near one's home) · tr semt (division of a municipality or region) · id pertetanggaan (area near one's home) · ja 隣人 (quality of being a neighbor) · ms kejiranan (quality of being a neighbor) · el συνοικία (area near one's home) · sh súsedstvo (area near one's home) · ta அயல் (quality of being a neighbor) · da omegn (area near one's home) · de ungefähr (approximate amount) · fi läheisyys (quality of physical proximity) · ru окре́стности (area near one's home) · cmn 附近 (area near one's home) · tr mahalleli (inhabitants of a residential area) · da kvarter (area near one's home) · ko 동네 (area near one's home) · ja 隣 (quality of being a neighbor) · sl soseska (area near one's home) · ru бли́зость (area near one's home) · fi ympäristö (topology: set containing an open set which contains some specified point) · cs sousedství (area near one's home) · ta அக்கம் பக்கம் (area near one's home) · fi naapurusto (area near one's home) · it vicinato (quality of being a neighbor) · hi पड़ोस (area near one's home) · ta அண்டை (quality of physical proximity) · ang nēawist (area near one's home) · nl wijk (area near one's home) · bg кварта́л (area near one's home) · tr civar (area near one's home) · bg око́лност (area near one's home) · ko 근처 (area near one's home) · mk комшилук (area near one's home) · bg око́лност (topology: set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point) · sh су́сједство (area near one's home) · ar حَيّ (area near one's home) · ru микрорайо́н (division of a municipality or region) · es barrio (division of a municipality or region) · ta சுற்றுப்புறம் (division of a municipality or region) · tr komşuluk ('Komşuluk öldü mü?') (neighborly kindness or good will) · de Viertel (division of a municipality or region) · it vicinato (inhabitants of a residential area) · nb naboskap (area near one's home) · la proximum (area near one's home) · uk сусі́ди (inhabitants of a residential area) · cmn 鄰里 (area near one's home) · mk соседство (quality of being a neighbor) · mk соседи (inhabitants of a residential area) · sco neibourheid (neighborly kindness or good will) · tr konu komşu (inhabitants of a residential area) · ru сосе́ди (inhabitants of a residential area) · be вако́ліцы (area near one's home) · pt vizinhança (quality of being a neighbor) · cs okolí (topology: set containing an open set which contains some specified point) · az qonşuluq (quality of being a neighbor) · lad vezindado (area near one's home) · pa ਪੜੋਸ (area near one's home) · an barrio (area near one's home) · rup vitsinãtati (area near one's home) · no strøk (area near one's home) · fi ympäristö (area near one's home) · el γειτνίαση (quality of physical proximity) · fi naapurisopu (neighborly kindness or good will) · cmn 街坊 (area near one's home) · ru сосе́дство (area near one's home) · it vicinato (area near one's home) · id lingkungan (area near one's home) · fr environs (area near one's home) · ja 付近 (area near one's home)