to neighbor
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4.2
- verb
- /ˈneɪbər/
- US
:
colindar con
- The new café opened next to my house, and I often see our neighbor walking there in the mornings.
- neighboring countries
- neighboring states
- neighboring counties
Examples
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She decided to invite her neighbor over for tea to discuss the community garden project.
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The neighbor kids frequently come to play in our backyard during the summer.
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Remember years ago, my folks used to live on the neighboring farm.
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We went to neighboring schools.
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"She will attend seventh grade at a neighboring junior high school.
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No wonder the neighboring countries are in hysterics.
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Going out or visiting neighboring attractions with their peers often brought surprises.
Academic text (2011) -
Rain fell on the window; the skies were gray, and the roofs of neighboring houses were wet.
Fiction book (1992) -
Barney, Betty, and Bam-Bam come out of the neighboring house, hop in!
Fiction book (1994) -
Soon several huts began to burn, splashing light upon the neighboring homes and bushes.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
33
5.2
Next to and touching another place, like a house next to a park
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6.9
To be next to another building or piece of land, sharing a border
3
3.2
To be next to another place, sharing a border
Compounds
A two-player card game where each player tries to win all the other player's cards
- Literature
A plan by one country to help itself by hurting other countries' trade
- Literature
A plan to help one country by hurting other countries' trade
How Near
- US
160
4.2
33
5.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb neighbor comes from the same old idea of near and dweller, keeping the sense of being close. So to neighbor something is to be next to or near it.