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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neighbourhood/#m1)

2) The neighbourhood is the people who live in that area. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neighbourhood/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neighbourhood/#x1)
- The whole neighbourhood came to the street party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neighbourhood/#x2)
- We walked around the neighbourhood to look for the lost cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neighbourhood/#x3)
- Is there a library in your neighbourhood? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neighbourhood/#x4)
- It's a quiet neighbourhood with lots of trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neighbourhood/#x5)
- Neighbourhood Watch keeps an eye on the streets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neighbourhood/#x6)
- There he stood and barked and growled at everyone that moved in his neighbourhood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neighbourhood/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/19-money-and-poverty/20/)
- ["Inner city" (especially US) is often used to mean a poor urban neighbourhood.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/19-money-and-poverty/21/)
- ["Up-and-coming area" usually means a poor or run-down neighbourhood.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents/21/)
- [Community police officers help keep neighbourhoods safe and often get to know local children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/392-adults-who-help-and-adults-who-dont/23/)
- [Friendly faces in your street, like a shopkeeper or a lollipop lady, make a neighbourhood feel safe and kind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper/27/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «neighbourhood» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neighbourhood/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.