noun
a surrounding or nearby region
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Examples
- 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
noun
people living near one another
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Examples
- it is a friendly neighborhood
- my neighborhood voted for Bush
noun
the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')
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Examples
- 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
noun
an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)
Examples
- an ethnic neighborhood