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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a person who lives (or is located) near another;
[syn: neighbor, neighbour]

2. a nearby object of the same kind;
- Example: "Fort Worth is a neighbor of Dallas"
- Example: "what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?"
[syn: neighbor, neighbour]


VERB (2)

1. live or be located as a neighbor;
- Example: "the neighboring house"
[syn: neighbor, neighbour]

2. be located near or adjacent to;
- Example: "Pakistan neighbors India"
[syn: neighbor, neighbour]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Neighbor \Neigh"bor\ (n[=a]"b[~e]r), n. [OE. neighebour, AS. ne['a]hgeb[=u]r; ne['a]h nigh + geb[=u]r a dweller, farmer; akin to D. nabuur, G. nachbar, OHG. n[=a]hgib[=u]r. See Nigh, and Boor.] [Spelt also neighbour.] 1. A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. One who is near in sympathy or confidence. [1913 Webster] Buckingham No more shall be the neighbor to my counsel. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness; hence, one of the human race; a fellow being. [1913 Webster] Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves? --Luke x. 36. [1913 Webster] The gospel allows no such term as "stranger;" makes every man my neighbor. --South. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

neighbour \neighbour\, neighbouring \neighbouring\, neighbourhood \neighbourhood\, neighbourly \neighbourly\ Same as neighbor, neighboring, neighborhood, neighborly. [Chiefly Brit.] [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

neighbour n 1: a person who lives (or is located) near another [syn: neighbor, neighbour] 2: a nearby object of the same kind; "Fort Worth is a neighbor of Dallas"; "what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?" [syn: neighbor, neighbour] v 1: live or be located as a neighbor; "the neighboring house" [syn: neighbor, neighbour] 2: be located near or adjacent to; "Pakistan neighbors India" [syn: neighbor, neighbour]