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neigh·bour

(nā′bər)

n.v. & adj. Chiefly British

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neighbour

(ˈneɪbə) or

neighbor

1. a person who lives near or next to another

a. a person or thing near or next to another

b. (as modifier): neighbour states.

(when: intr, often foll by on) to be or live close (to a person or thing)

[Old English nēahbūr, from nēah nigh + būr, gebūr dweller; see boor]

ˈneighbouring, ˈneighboring adj

ˈneighbourless, ˈneighborless adj

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neighbour

Past participle: neighboured
Gerund: neighbouring

Imperative
neighbour
neighbour

Present
I neighbour
you neighbour
he/she/it neighbours
we neighbour
you neighbour
they neighbour

Preterite
I neighboured
you neighboured
he/she/it neighboured
we neighboured
you neighboured
they neighboured

Present Continuous
I am neighbouring
you are neighbouring
he/she/it is neighbouring
we are neighbouring
you are neighbouring
they are neighbouring

Present Perfect
I have neighboured
you have neighboured
he/she/it has neighboured
we have neighboured
you have neighboured
they have neighboured

Past Continuous
I was neighbouring
you were neighbouring
he/she/it was neighbouring
we were neighbouring
you were neighbouring
they were neighbouring

Past Perfect
I had neighboured
you had neighboured
he/she/it had neighboured
we had neighboured
you had neighboured
they had neighboured

Future
I will neighbour
you will neighbour
he/she/it will neighbour
we will neighbour
you will neighbour
they will neighbour

Future Perfect
I will have neighboured
you will have neighboured
he/she/it will have neighboured
we will have neighboured
you will have neighboured
they will have neighboured

Future Continuous
I will be neighbouring
you will be neighbouring
he/she/it will be neighbouring
we will be neighbouring
you will be neighbouring
they will be neighbouring

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been neighbouring
you have been neighbouring
he/she/it has been neighbouring
we have been neighbouring
you have been neighbouring
they have been neighbouring

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been neighbouring
you will have been neighbouring
he/she/it will have been neighbouring
we will have been neighbouring
you will have been neighbouring
they will have been neighbouring

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been neighbouring
you had been neighbouring
he/she/it had been neighbouring
we had been neighbouring
you had been neighbouring
they had been neighbouring

Conditional
I would neighbour
you would neighbour
he/she/it would neighbour
we would neighbour
you would neighbour
they would neighbour

Past Conditional
I would have neighboured
you would have neighboured
he/she/it would have neighboured
we would have neighboured
you would have neighboured
they would have neighboured

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Noun	1.	neighbour - a person who lives (or is located) near another neighbor individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	2.	neighbour - a nearby object of the same kind; "Fort Worth is a neighbor of Dallas"; "what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?" neighbor object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
Verb	1.	neighbour - live or be located as a neighbor; "the neighboring house" neighbor inhabit, live, populate, dwell - inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"
	2.	neighbour - be located near or adjacent to; "Pakistan neighbors India" neighbor butt against, butt on, abut, adjoin, edge, border, march - lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"

Translations

جارجَارٌ

sousedsousedit

nabo

Nachbar Nachbarin Anrainer

γείτονας γειτονεύω γειτόνισσα πλησίον

najbaro

vecino prójima prójimo vecina

naaber

همسایه

naapuri

voisin voisine

susjedsusjeda

szomszéd

tetangga

nágranni

vicino vicino di casa circa nei dintorni vicina

近所の人

이웃

accolaadcolavicinavicinus

kaimynaskaimyniniskaimyniška sargybakaimyniškaskaimynystė

kaimiņš

vecin

sused

sosed

granne

เพื่อนบ้าน

komşu

сусідсусідка

hàng xóm

邻居

neighbour

neighbor (US) [ˈneɪbəʳ]

A. N → vecino/a m/f; (= fellow being) → prójimo/a m/f, semejante m
Israel and its Arab neighbours → Israel y sus vecinos árabes
see also next-door

B. VI to neighbour (up)on (= adjoin) → colindar con, estar contiguo a; (= be almost) → rayar en
to neighbour with sb (US) → comportarse como buen vecino de algn

C. CPD Good Neighbour Policy N (US) → Política f del Buen Vecino

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

neighbour

[ˈneɪbə^r] neighbor (US) n

(living nearby) → voisin(e) m/f
the neighbours' garden → le jardin des voisins

(sitting beside one) → voisin(e) m/f

[country] → voisin m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

neighbour

, (US) neighbor

→ Nachbar(in) m(f); (at table) → Tischnachbar(in) m(f) ? next-door

(Bibl) → Nächste(r) mf

vt (= adjoin) country, river → angrenzen an (+acc)

to neighbour on (= adjoin) → (an)grenzen an (+acc); (= approach) → grenzen an (+acc)

(US inf) to neighbor with somebody → gutnachbarliche Beziehungen pl → zu jdm haben

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

neighbour

neighbor (Am) [ˈneɪbəʳ] n → vicino/a (Bible) → prossimo/a

neighbour

(American) neighbor (ˈneibə) noun

a person who lives near oneself. my next-door neighbour.

ˈneighbourhood noun

1. a district or area, especially in a town or city. a poor neighbourhood.

2. a district or area surrounding a particular place. He lives somewhere in the neighbourhood of the station.

ˈneighbourhood watch (American neighborhood watch;also sentry watch) noun

a system allowing organized groups of people to police their neighbourhoods to prevent crime.

ˈneighbouring adjective

near or next in place. France and Belgium are neighbouring countries.

ˈneighbourly adjective

(negative unneighbourly) friendly. a very neighbourly person.

neighbour

→ جَارٌ soused nabo Nachbar γείτονας vecino naapuri voisin susjed vicino di casa 近所の人 이웃 buurman nabo sąsiad vizinho сосед granne เพื่อนบ้าน komşu hàng xóm 邻居

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Peace with God and thy neighbour: so desireth good sleep.

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Thwackum was encouraged to the undertaking by reflecting that to covet your neighbour's sister is nowhere forbidden: and he knew it was a rule in the construction of all laws, that " Expressum facit cessare tacitum.

This acquiescence in Mrs Blifil was considered by the neighbours, and by the family, as a mark of her condescension to her brother's humour, and she was imagined by all others, as well as Thwackum and Square, to hate the foundling in her heart; nay, the more civility she showed him, the more they conceived she detested him, and the surer schemes she was laying for his ruin: for as they thought it her interest to hate him, it was very difficult for her to persuade them she did not.

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Harling, our nearest neighbour, kept an eye on me, and if my behaviour went beyond certain bounds I was not permitted to come into her yard or to play with her jolly children.

We saw more of our country neighbours now than when we lived on the farm.

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He raised a certain building in his court-yard by a story, which shutting out the sun, took half a degree of warmth from Boxtel's garden, and, on the other hand, added half a degree of cold in winter; not to mention that it cut the wind, and disturbed all the horticultural calculations and arrangements of his neighbour.

Mynheer van Baerle was a painter, as Mynheer Boxtel was a tulip-grower; he wanted somewhat more sun for his paintings, and he took half a degree from his neighbour's tulips.

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A MILLIONAIRE who had gone to an almshouse to visit his father met a Neighbour there, who was greatly surprised.

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Besides these members of the family there was a visitor, a neighbour who was godfather to one of the children.

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Two neighbours came before Jupiter and prayed him to grant their hearts' desire.

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Indeed, we are old friends, and now near neighbours; and, A PROPOS, how are we off for neighbours, Richard?

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Their tiny son too was as clever as he could be, and so sharp and sensible that all the neighbours marvelled over the wise things he said and did.