neighborhood

A part of a town or city where people live.

• This is a quiet neighborhood.
• They moved to a neighborhood near the river.
• Several neighborhoods have new schools.

Similar words: district, area

Common phrases: quiet neighborhood, residential neighborhood, neighborhood park, neighborhood boundaries

The area and people close to someone’s home or another place.

• Everyone in our neighborhood knows her.
• There are several restaurants in his neighborhood.
• We searched the neighborhood around the station.

Similar words: vicinity, surroundings

Common phrases: in the neighborhood, someone’s neighborhood, nearby neighborhood

An amount close to a particular number.

• Repairs will cost in the neighborhood of a thousand dollars.
• His salary is in the neighborhood of fifty thousand dollars.
• The total should be in the neighborhood of two hundred.

How to use it: in the neighborhood of + amount (The house costs in the neighborhood of three hundred thousand dollars.)

Similar words: region

Common phrases: in the neighborhood, neighborhood of something