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neighbor

neigh·bor [ náybər ]


noun  (plural neigh·bors)
Definition:
 
1. somebody living nearby: somebody who lives next door or close to somebody else

2. something or somebody nearby: a person, place, or thing located next to another or very nearby
the Spanish and their Portuguese neighbors

3. fellow human: a fellow human being ( archaic or literary )



transitive and intransitive verb  (past and past participle neigh·bored, present participle neigh·bor·ing, 3rd person present singular neigh·bors)
Definition:
 
be near to something or somebody: to be located very close to something or somebody, or be close to something in character

[ Old English nēahgebūr< nēah "near" + gebūr "dweller"]
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