noun
- A surrounding or nearby region.
- usage: "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods"
- synonyms: vicinity, locality, neighbourhood, neck of the woods
- People living near one another.
- usage: "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush"
- synonyms: neighbourhood
- The approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of'. )
- usage: "it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job"; "the price is in the neighborhood of $100"
- synonyms: region
- An area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community. )
- usage: "an ethnic neighborhood"
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