neighbourhood

«neighbourhood» in Mova's school dictionary: the area around where you live, with its streets, homes… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a neighbourhood, neighbourhoods; US spelling neighborhood)

meaning for a pupil

1) A neighbourhood is the area around where you live, with its streets, homes and people. tree →

2) The neighbourhood is the people who live in that area. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and citizenship lessons pupils map their neighbourhood and its services: shops, parks, school and library. In safety lessons Neighbourhood Watch is a group that helps keep the area safe. Phrases: in the neighbourhood, a friendly neighbourhood, neighbourhood watch.

examples

• There is a park in our neighbourhood. tree →
• The whole neighbourhood came to the street party. tree →
• We walked around the neighbourhood to look for the lost cat. tree →
• Is there a library in your neighbourhood? tree →
• It's a quiet neighbourhood with lots of trees. tree →
• Neighbourhood Watch keeps an eye on the streets. tree →
• There he stood and barked and growled at everyone that moved in his neighbourhood. tree →

note

British, Irish, Canadian, Australian and NZ spelling: neighbourhood; US: neighborhood. «In the neighbourhood of 100» means about 100 (formal).

In the corpora

• "Deprived area" (official UK) means a poor neighbourhood.
• "Inner city" (especially US) is often used to mean a poor urban neighbourhood.
• "Up-and-coming area" usually means a poor or run-down neighbourhood.
• Community police officers help keep neighbourhoods safe and often get to know local children.
• Friendly faces in your street, like a shopkeeper or a lollipop lady, make a neighbourhood feel safe and kind.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «neighbourhood» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.