neighborhood

== English == === Alternative forms === neighbourhood (UK) === 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. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈneɪbə.hʊd/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈneɪbɚˌhʊd/ === Noun === neighborhood (countable and uncountable, plural neighborhoods) (American spelling) The residential area near one's home. The inhabitants of a residential area. A formal or informal division of a municipality or region. An approximate amount. The quality of physical proximity. (chiefly obsolete) The quality of being a neighbor, of living nearby, next to each other; proximity. 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 243-245,[2] […] if you do any thing for charity, helpe me; if for neighborhood or brotherhood, helpe me […] (dated) Close proximity; nearness. (obsolete) The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will. (topology) Within a topological space: A set containing an open set which contains some specified point. Alternatively: An open set which contains some specified point. (topology) Within a metric space: A set containing an open ball which contains a specified point. Alternatively: An open ball which contains some specified point. (topology) The infinitesimal open set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point. (graph theory) The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex. (cellular automata) The set of all cells near a given cell used to determine that cell's state in the next generation. ==== Synonyms ==== neighborship vicinity proximity quarter ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === neighborred neighborship neighbourhead neighborhood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia