neighborhood
/ˈneɪbə.hʊd/
noun
Meaning
The quality of being a neighbor, of living nearby, next to each-other; proximity.
"Our neighborhood was our only reason to exchange hollow greetings."
Close proximity, nearby area; particularly, close proximity to one's home.
"He lives in my neighborhood."
The inhabitants of a residential area.
"The fire alarmed the neighborhood."
A formal or informal division of a municipality or region.
"We have just moved to a pleasant neighborhood."
An approximate amount.
"He must be making in the neighborhood of $200,000 per year."
The quality of physical proximity.
"The slums and the palace were in awful neighborhood."
The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.
Within a topological space:
Within a metric space:
The infinitesimal open set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point.
The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex.
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