Meaning & Definition of Neighborhood in English

1. 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"

2. People living near one another

• "It is a friendly neighborhood"

• "My neighborhood voted for bush"

3. 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"

4. An area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)

• "An ethnic neighborhood"