1. (n.) The quality or condition of being a neighbor; the state of being or dwelling near; proximity.

2. (n.) A place near; vicinity; adjoining district; a region the inhabitants of which may be counted as neighbors; as, he lives in my neighborhood.

3. (n.) The inhabitants who live in the vicinity of each other; as, the fire alarmed all the neighborhood.

4. (n.) The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.

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