Neighborhood | Mean of neighborhood in English Dictionary

/ˈneɪbɚˌhʊd/

• Noun
• a section of a town or city
1. They bought a house in a beautiful/quiet neighborhood.
2. the neighborhood school/park/children
• the people who live near each other
1. The whole neighborhood heard about it.
• in the area that is close to something
1. Is there a grocery store in the neighborhood? [=is there a grocery store close by?]
2. We might as well pay them a visit while we're in the neighborhood.

• close to (a place)
1. An earthquake was reported somewhere in the neighborhood of southern California.
• close to or around (an amount)
1. The album sold in the neighborhood of 1,000 copies.
2. A house like this costs somewhere in the neighborhood of $200,000.