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NEIGHBOUR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A nearby object of the same kind

Example:

what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?

Synonyms:

neighbor; neighbour

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("neighbour" is a kind of...):

object; physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)

Derivation:

neighbour (be located near or adjacent to)

neighbourhood (a surrounding or nearby region)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who lives (or is located) near another

Synonyms:

neighbor; neighbour

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("neighbour" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

neighbour (live or be located as a neighbor)

neighbourhood (people living near one another)

neighbourhood (a surrounding or nearby region)

neighbourly (exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be located near or adjacent to

Example:

Pakistan neighbors India

Synonyms:

neighbor; neighbour

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "neighbour" is one way to...):

abut; adjoin; border; butt; butt against; butt on; edge; march (lie adjacent to another or share a boundary)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

neighbour (a nearby object of the same kind)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Live or be located as a neighbor

Example:

the neighboring house

Synonyms:

neighbor; neighbour

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "neighbour" is one way to...):

dwell; inhabit; live; populate (be an inhabitant of or reside in)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

neighbour (a person who lives (or is located) near another)

Credits

 Context examples: 

I want to be your neighbour, Sir Thomas, as you have, perhaps, heard me telling Miss Price.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

One of these lucky beings was neighbour Hans.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

They are excellent neighbours to you in the country, I understand.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

The R-groups (side chains) of neighbouring residues in a b-strand point in opposite directions; beta sheets can be parallel, anti-parallel or mixed.

(Beta Sheet, NCI Thesaurus)

“Lady Catherine is a very respectable, sensible woman indeed,” added Charlotte, “and a most attentive neighbour.”

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I will be your neighbour, your nurse, your housekeeper.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

We had hardly settled down in it, and Mrs. Warren left us, when a distant tinkle announced that our mysterious neighbour had rung.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My stout neighbour, Bill Warr, pulled Harrison to one side.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

While he yelped and ki-yi'd and scrambled backward, he saw the mother- weasel leap upon her young one and disappear with it into the neighbouring thicket.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

I trust that I am not more dense than my neighbours, but I was always oppressed with a sense of my own stupidity in my dealings with Sherlock Holmes.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)