neighbour
neigh·bour [neighbour neighbours neighboured neighbouring] (especially US neigh·bor) [ˈneɪbə(r)] [ˈneɪbər] noun
1. a person who lives next to you or near you
• We've had a lot of support from all our friends and neighbours.
• Our next-door neighbours are very noisy.
2. a country that is next to or near another country
• Britain's nearest neighbour is France.
3. a person or thing that is standing or located next to another person or thing
• Stand quietly, children, and try not to talk to your neighbour.
• The tree fell slowly, its branches caught in those of its neighbours.
4. (literary) any other human
• We should all love our neighbours.
Word Origin:
Old English nēahgebūr, from nēah ‘nigh, near’ + gebūr ‘inhabitant, peasant, farmer’ (compare with boor).
Example Bank:
• He's having a barbecue and he's inviting all the neighbours.
• I've just met our new neighbours.
• My nearest neighbour lives a few miles away.
• Our new neighbours moved in today.
• She could hear her downstairs neighbour moving around.
• She leaned over to her nearest neighbour and whispered something.
• She's been a very good neighbour to me.
• Shh! You'll wake the neighbours.
• The country is vulnerable to attack from hostile neighbours.
• The neighbours complained about his loud music.
• The two men became neighbours.
• They are near neighbours of ours.
