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What (who) is neighbour - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Neighbor (disambiguation); Neighbour; Neighbours (disambiguation); The Neighbor; Neighbors (disambiguation); The Neighbour; The Neighbor (disambiguation); The Neighbors; The Neighbors (TV series); Neighbor (film); Neighbors (film); Neighbours (film); Neighbors; Neighbor (song); Neighbors (song); Neighbours (song)
neighbour
(neighbours)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
Note: in AM, use 'neighbor'
1.
Your neighbour is someone who lives near you.
I got chatting with my neighbour in the garden.
N-COUNT: oft poss N
2.
You can refer to the person who is standing or sitting next to you as your neighbour.
The woman prodded her neighbour and whispered urgently in his ear.
N-COUNT: oft poss N
3.
You can refer to something which stands next to something else of the same kind as its neighbour.
Each house was packed close behind its neighbour.
N-COUNT: usu poss N
neighbour
(US neighbor)
¦ noun a person living next door to or very near to another.
?a person or place in relation to others next to it.
¦ verb [usu. as adjective neighbouring] be situated next to or very near (another).
Derivatives
neighbourless adjective
neighbourliness noun
neighbourly adjective
Origin
OE neahgebu?r, from neah 'nigh, near' + gebu?r 'inhabitant, peasant, farmer' (cf. boor).
neighbour
I
n. BE;
AE spelling: neighbor
1) a next-door neighbour
2) a neighbour to (she was a good neighbour to us)
II
v. (esp. BE) (D; intr.) to neighbour on
Wikipedia
Neighbor
Neighbour, Neighbor, Neighbours or Neighbors may refer to:
- Person who lives in one's neighbourhood
- The subject of the Great Commandment
Examples of use of neighbour
1. Our neighbour at home; our neighbour on the tube; our neighbour on the top deck of the No 30.
2. "We need neighbour caring for neighbour," he said.
3. Worried about our neighbour and worried that our neighbour is worrying about us.
4. In fact Iraq has no history of Balkan–style pogroms where neighbour turns against neighbour, burning homes and shops.
5. Neighbour Ann Fudek, 72, said: ‘Carmelita was a really nice neighbour she would do anything for you.