Definition of "neighbourhood" []

• Close proximity, particularly in reference to home (noun)
• And, by extension, its inhabitants (noun)
• A division of a municipality or region, formally or informally divided (noun)
• The quality or condition of being a neighbour; the state of being or dwelling near; proximity. (noun)
• 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 (noun)

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• "In a properly organised rural neighbourhood could be developed that higher kind of attraction which is suggested by the very word _neighbourhood_."
• "I should also say that I often use the term neighbourhood because it captures the sense of proximity, friendship and mutual assistance which characterises"
• "Bill, the term neighbourhood is used, but no definition is given."