neighborhood English · revision 4797

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1449|origins=en neighbor, en -hood}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈneɪbə.hʊd/ ''(UK)''; /ˈneɪbɚˌhʊd/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|neighborhode]], formed from [[neighbor]] and [[-hood]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Neighbourly conduct, friendly relations between neighbours: the mid-15th century in Etymonline, about 1449 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The Old English word for a neighbourhood was neahdæl, and Middle English also had ''neighborship'' (early 14th century).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The quality of being near, nearness, is from 1567,^(OED 1989)^(HTOED) and the vicinity of something from 1577.^(OED 1989) A community of people living close together is recorded from 1534 in the Historical Thesaurus, the 1620s in Etymonline,^(HTOED)^(Etymonline) and a district of a town considered for its character from 1652.^(HTOED) ''In the neighborhood of'', meaning “about, approximately”, is from 1857, American English.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) In mathematics, the set of points close to a given point is from 1891.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1449 – neighbourly relations.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1567 – nearness.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1577 – the vicinity.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1652 – a district of a town.^(HTOED)

+ * 1857 – ''in the neighborhood of'', about.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1891 – in mathematics.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A district of a town or city, or the people who live there.^(AHD)^(LDOCE 2009)

+ # The area near a place; the [[vicinity]].^(AHD)

+ # ''in the neighborhood of'': about; approximately.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # ''(mathematics)'' The set of points close to a given point.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[hood]]

+ * [[nabe]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[neighbor]]

+ * [[neighbour]]

+ * [[nigh]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Neighbourhood is the British spelling, neighborhood the American.^(LDOCE 2009)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}