neighbourhood
- (BrE) (AmE neighborhood) nounADJECTIVE▪ friendly, nice▪ safe▪ quiet▪ vibrant▪ bad, dangerous, rough, tough▪
I lived in a tough neighbourhood.
▪ crime-ridden▪ affluent, respectable, upscale (AmE), wealthy▪ depressed, disadvantaged, impoverished, low-income, poor, run-down▪ downtown (AmE), inner-city, suburban, urban▪ immediate, local, nearby, surrounding▪They often got together with other parents in the local neighbourhood.
▪ residential▪ middle-class, working-class▪ good, great▪ ethnic, minority▪ diverse▪ gay▪a bar located in the middle of Chicago's gay neighbourhood
▪ Asian, black, Latino, white, etc.▪ real (esp. AmE)▪The place feels like a real neighbourhood.
▪ entire, whole▪Before long the whole neighbourhood knew about it.
▪ segregated▪ historicVERB + NEIGHBOURHOOD/NEIGHBORHOOD▪ build, create, establish▪Our health depends on creating neighbourhoods that are conducive to walking.
▪ move into▪A lot of new families have moved into the neighbourhood.
▪ improve, revitalize, transform▪ destroy▪the criminals who are destroying our neighbourhood
▪ visit▪Tourists rarely visit that neighbourhood.
▪ explore▪ canvass (esp. AmE)▪ patrol▪They hired a private police force to patrol the neighbourhood.
▪ roam, wander▪stray dogs who roam the neighbourhood
▪ populate▪a neighbourhood populated mainly by Mexican Americans
NEIGHBOURHOOD/NEIGHBORHOOD + NOUN▪ resident▪ boy, children, kid (informal)▪ bully▪ leader▪ community▪ association, council, group, organization▪ watch (= an arrangement by which people watch each other's houses to prevent crime)▪ police, policing▪ cat, dog▪ bar, pub (BrE), restaurant, school, shop (esp. BrE), store (AmE), etc.▪ centre/center▪ park▪ street▪ party (esp. AmE)▪She volunteered to make a potato salad for the neighbourhood party.
PREPOSITION▪ around the neighbourhood, round the neighbourhood (esp. BrE)▪There were various parks around the neighbourhood.
▪We used to ride bikes around the neighbourhood.
▪ in a/the neighbourhood▪There was a large school in the neighbourhood.
▪ outside a/the neighbourhood▪It was a car from outside the immediate neighbourhood.
Neighbourhood/neighborhood is used before these nouns: ↑restaurant, ↑shopping centre, ↑supermarket, ↑warden
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
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