neighborhood
neighborhood is a polysyllabic word with 3 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, neighborhood is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofneighborhood
- The quality of being a neighbor, of living nearby, next to each-other; proximity.
Example: "Our neighborhood was our only reason to exchange hollow greetings."
- Close proximity, nearby area; particularly, close proximity to one's home.
Example: "He lives in my neighborhood."
- The inhabitants of a residential area.
Example: "The fire alarmed the neighborhood."
- A formal or informal division of a municipality or region.
Example: "We have just moved to a pleasant neighborhood."
- An approximate amount.
Example: "He must be making in the neighborhood of $200,000 per year."
- The quality of physical proximity.
Example: "The slums and the palace were in awful neighborhood."
- The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.
- Within a topological space:
- Within a metric space:
- The infinitesimal open set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point.
- The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex.
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