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Meaning of neighbour in English:
neighbour
(US neighbor)
noun
1A person living next door to or very near to the speaker or person referred to.
‘our garden was the envy of the neighbours’- ‘We did speak with one of his next-door neighbours who claims to be a family friend as well who kind of defended the doctors.’
- ‘But I'd sometimes go to the next-door neighbours who had a cow called Buttercup.’
- ‘Most Australians don't know their next-door neighbours or care what becomes of them.’
- ‘Perhaps it's even arguable whether their next door neighbours should.’
- ‘Living next to nightmare neighbours can turn your life upside down.’
- ‘You can tell that you've got scumbags for neighbours when the people next door fulfil the following criteria.’
- ‘The next door neighbours are setting off their fireworks as I type this.’
- ‘Their next door neighbours, also a squatting family, were evicted a few days later.’
- ‘He woke his younger sister and brother and got them and their mum out of the house before rousing the next door neighbours.’
- ‘Don't dogs realise that the next-door neighbours provide their lawns for this purpose?’
- ‘The neighbours living directly next door would play loud music and party into the early hours of the morning.’
- ‘A mere six weeks later I was told my next door neighbours wanted to add an extension to the front of their house.’
- ‘My next door neighbours argue passionately, ferociously and with much slamming of doors.’
- ‘Next door, her neighbours have decided to sell their apartment and move out of the city altogether.’
- ‘A fireman raced to the aid of his new next door neighbours after they spotted smoke.’
- ‘Just before four our next door neighbours started up the car engine, revved it and kept it running.’
- ‘When she was nearly 80, my dear old mum would skip down the garden, jump on to a bench and hop over the wall to check on her next-door neighbour.’
- ‘All of this is told in the aggrieved, obsessed, slightly compassionate tone of a next-door neighbour.’
- ‘We have a neighbour next door and I just want her to read this rant.’
- ‘There is lots of petty theft and my neighbour next door was burgled.’
- 1.1A person or place in relation to others next or near to it.‘I chatted with my neighbour on the flight to New York’
- ‘matching our investment levels with those of our European neighbours’
- ‘It had good relations with its neighbors and other countries, and the people were largely contented.’
- ‘Maintaining friendly relations with neighbours and calm within the country are the big tasks ahead.’
- ‘It is good politics for any country to have friendly relations with its neighbours.’
- ‘The future of our country depends on the level of relations with our neighbors.’
- ‘That is the only choice for Japan to take in order to win back trust from its Asian neighbors and expand relations with them a step further.’
- ‘Equally important for the new president will be forging stronger relations with Korea's neighbors.’
- ‘Each frame is rotated by three degrees in relation to its neighbour and is slightly different in height.’
- ‘The game in each plant changed from making improvements to making the plant look good in relation to its neighbors.’
- ‘The visit aggravated Japan's already strained relations with its Asian neighbors.’
- ‘Australia has refused to apologize, creating strained relations with its northern neighbor.’
- ‘Given your recent history, do you see a future of economic relations with your enormous neighbor?’
- ‘There are many other areas of international relations with our Asian neighbours that we also need to get right.’
- ‘A new government in Iraq raises questions about its relationship to its neighbors.’
- ‘Proponents say the deal makes sense given America's unique relationship with its southern neighbor.’
- 1.2Any person in need of one's help or kindness (after biblical use)‘love thy neighbour as thyself’
- ‘And Matthew said most important of all, is love, love thy neighbor as thyself.’
- ‘What Jesus does say repeatedly is to love thy neighbor as thyself.’
- ‘To love thy neighbour as thyself is also a common teaching to many religions.’
- ‘If only we kept the commandment, ‘thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself,’ but God forgive us for the way we keep it.’
- ‘Love thy neighbor as one loves thyself is still good advice.’
- ‘Humanism promoted the spirit of oneness, ‘Love thy neighbor as thyself’.’
- ‘Even in the Commandments, it says to love thy neighbor as thyself, not to love thy neighbor more than thyself.’
- ‘We are trying to realize the core essence of Judaism: to love thy neighbor as thy self.’
- ‘The New Testament injunctions to turn the other cheek and love thy neighbour were a great advance in civilisation.’
- ‘Jesus preached love thy neighbour and told people not to take an eye for an eye.’
- ‘I mean, these aren't people that are going to turn around and love thy neighbor tomorrow.’
- ‘Also the things that religion teaches us: love thy neighbour, do not kill and so on, are just ignored.’
- ‘It went totally against Jesus' commandment love thy neighbour as much as yourself.’
- ‘All we can do is, to do right and love thy neighbor.’
- ‘The Bible teaches us to love thy neighbor and advocates social responsibility.’
- ‘How can one turn the other cheek and love thy neighbor at the same time you are being urged to conquer by the sign of the cross?’
- ‘He believed more in loving thy neighbour than defending his country.’
- ‘I'm hoping, however, that it's less of a sin to covet thy neighbor's minivan.’
- ‘I always thought IX was something about not bearing false witness against thy neighbor.’
- ‘To thy neighbours owest thou thine heart, thine self, and all that thy hast and can do.’
verb
[with object](of a place or object) be situated next to or very near (another)
‘the square neighbours the old quarter of the town’- ‘Our soldiers are sent to the south to patrol an area neighboring Chechnya.’
- ‘The region neighboring the telomeres also appears to be rich in duplicated regions.’
- ‘The site is in an area neighboring a residential part of the city, north of Harbin.’
- ‘Ron and Ken are first cousins who grew up on neighboring farms near Harlan in western Iowa.’
- ‘A jukebox stood near the end of the bar, neighboured by a golf machine.’
- ‘Some of the refugees have fled to nearby islands in neighboring provinces.’
- ‘It has pressured neighboring countries to shut down their casinos at the border.’
- ‘Petrus and Sandra decided to elope, leaving for neighbouring Swaziland to get married.’
- ‘Even in Europe, pensions are uprated in France but not in neighbouring Andorra or Monaco.’
- ‘Anyone planning a firework display in a rural area should warn neighbouring farmers in advance.’
- ‘Residents from four neighbouring houses spent a night away from their homes as the house was sealed off.’
- ‘The dead included six from neighbouring Afghanistan and two Pakistani children.’
- ‘Parades run over several weekends, so as not to clash with other parades in neighbouring areas.’
- ‘When he runs out of his own trees, he will buy in supplies from neighbouring estates.’
- ‘He heard an elderly woman and a child were among residents in neighbouring flats when the fire started.’
- ‘Isn't it great to be on a par with neighbouring towns with the place full of life and lights.’
- ‘One has already been set up in neighbouring Castle Road which suffered from the same problems.’
- ‘The store and neighbouring areas were blocked off but no bombs were found on the site.’
- ‘He urged the needy to visit offices in neighbouring areas to see if they could be helped.’
adjacent, nearest, closest, next-door, next, adjoining, bordering, connecting, abutting, contiguous, proximate
Origin
Old English nēahgebūr, from nēah ‘nigh, near’ + gebūr ‘inhabitant, peasant, farmer’ (compare with boor).
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