Word of the Day: Neighbor, Neighborhood, Neighboring
Neighbor/neigh-bor/nā-bər
Noun: a person, place or thing located near or next to another
“China and India are close neighbors linked by mountains and rivers and the Chinese and Indian people have enjoyed friendly exchanges for thousands of years.”
Li Peng, 1928-
Noun:an individual who demonstrates compassion and kindness towards those that live nearby
“Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between.”
Harper Lee, 1926-2016
Noun: something that is adjacent to or can be located nearby
“Russia is Germany’s most important neighbor in the East, and it will remain so.”
Helmut Kohl, 1930-
Noun: the friendly term used to address someone
“Won’t you be my neighbor?”
-Fred Rogers, the Television Puppeteer, 1928-2003
Verb: to adjoin or remain close
“In Nigeria, along with its West African neighbor Ghana, women are now starting businesses in greater numbers than men.”
-Gayle Tzemach-Lemmon, 1973-
Neighborhood/neigh-bor-hood/nābərho͝od
Noun: a particular area of a town or city that forms a community
” Every child in every neighborhood, of every color, class and background, deserves a school that will help them succeed.”
-Randal Paul, 1963-
Neighboring/neigh-bor-ing/ˈnābəriNG
Adjective: next to or near another place
“Fortune knocks at every man’s door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a
neighboring saloon and does not hear her.”
-Mark Twain, 1835-1910