Word Study
neighborhood |
neighboring |
neighborliness |
neighborly |
neighborship |
neighbour
| neighbourhood
| neighbouring
| neighbourliness
| neighbourly
| neil armstrong
neighbour
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun neighbour has 2 senses
- neighbour(n = noun.person) neighbor - a person who lives (or is located) near another; Array is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
- neighbour(n = noun.object) neighbor - a nearby object of the same kind; "Fort Worth is a neighbor of Dallas"; "what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?" is a kind of object, physical object
Derived forms verb neighbour1, noun neighbourhood2, noun neighbourhood1, adjective neighbourly1
Derived forms verb neighbour2, noun neighbourhood1
Verb neighbour has 2 senses
- neighbour(v = verb.stative) neighbor - live or be located as a neighbor; "the neighboring house" is one way to dwell, inhabit, live, populate
- neighbour(v = verb.stative) neighbor - be located near or adjacent to; "Pakistan neighbors India" is one way to abut, adjoin, border, butt, butt against, butt on, edge, march
Derived form noun neighbour1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
Derived form noun neighbour2
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
neighbour, n. & v. (US neighbor)
--n.
1 a person living next door to or near or nearest another (my next-door neighbour; his nearest neighbour is 12 miles away; they are neighbours).
2 a a person regarded as having the duties or claims of friendliness, consideration, etc., of a neighbour. b a fellow human being, esp. as having claims on friendship.
3 a person or thing near or next to another (my neighbour at dinner).
4 (attrib.) neighbouring.
--v.
1 tr. border on; adjoin.
2 intr. (often foll. by on, upon) border; adjoin.
--n.
1 a person living next door to or near or nearest another (my next-door neighbour; his nearest neighbour is 12 miles away; they are neighbours).
2 a a person regarded as having the duties or claims of friendliness, consideration, etc., of a neighbour. b a fellow human being, esp. as having claims on friendship.
3 a person or thing near or next to another (my neighbour at dinner).
4 (attrib.) neighbouring.
--v.
1 tr. border on; adjoin.
2 intr. (often foll. by on, upon) border; adjoin.
Derivative
neighbouring adj. neighbourless adj. neighbourship n.
Etymology
OE neahgebur (as NIGH: gebur, cf. BOOR)
For further exploring for "neighbour" in Webster Dictionary Online
