Neighbour Meaning

/ˈneɪbə/
A1

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nounA person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.

nounOne who is near in sympathy or confidence.

"Love your neighbour as yourself" is a quotation from the Bible.
They set fire to their neighbour's house in revenge.
A good neighbour is better than a brother far off.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Our ____ across the street kindly feeds our cat while we are away.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
It is important to be a good ____ and keep the shared driveway clear of snow.

From Middle English neahhebur, neighebor, neighbour, neihebur, nehhebur, neyburwe, neyebore, neyghebour, neypur, neȝbore, neȝhbor, neȝȝebour, from Old English nēahġebūr (“neighbour”), from Proto-West Germanic *nāhwagabūrō, from Proto-Germanic *nēhwagabūrô (“neighbour”, literally “near-dweller”), from *nēhwaz (“close, near”) + *gabūrô (“dweller”). Equivalent to nigh (“near”) + bower (“farmer”). Cognates Cognate with Scots nebour, neebour, neibour (“neighbour”), Yola nipore, nypore (“neighbour”), North Frisian Naiber, naibüür, näiber (“neighbour”), Saterland Frisian Noaber (“neighbour”), Alemannic German Naachpuur, Nochbär (“neighbour”), Central Franconian Nohber (“neighbour”), Dutch nabuur (“neighbour”), Low German Naber, Nahwer (“neighbour”), German Nachbar (“neighbour”), Luxembourgish Noper (“neighbour”), Vilamovian nokwer, nökver, nökwer (“neighbour”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish nabo (“neighbour”), Faroese nábúgvi (“neighbour”), Icelandic nábúi (“neighbour”), Manx naboo (“neighbour”), Scottish Gaelic nàbaidh (“neighbour”), Estonian naaber (“neighbour”), Finnish naapuri (“neighbour”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English prome (“neighbour”), borrowed from Old French proeme, proime, proisme (“neighbour”) (<< Latin proximus (“nearest, next”).

"Undine at length shrank back with an unrecognizing face; but her movement made her opera-glass slip to the floor, and her neighbour bent down and picked it up." — 1913, Edith Wharton, The Custom of the Country, published 2010, unnumbered page:
"Neighbours enact their substantive noun when there′s a neighbour′s sickness in the night; as friends do theirs, the cindered and the green times through." — 1973, Ernest Buckler, Nova Scotia: Window on the Sea, page 126:
"Buckingham / No more shall be the neighbour to my counsel." — c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
"Theſe grow at the South end of the Iland, and on the leiſurely aſcending hills that neighbour the ſhore." — 1615, George Sandys, “The First Booke”, in The Relation of a Iourney Begun An: Dom: 1610. […], London: […] [Richard Field] for W. Barrett, →OCLC, page 12:
"[…] who neighbourest the rock-born rill, / Thou Hermes!" — [1864], “Dedicatory and Votive”, in Robert Guthrie MacGregor, transl., Greek Anthology, with Notes Critical and Explanatory, London: Nissen & Parker, […], →OCLC, page 252:

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Our ____ across the street kindly feeds our cat while we are away.
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It is important to be a good ____ and keep the shared driveway clear of snow.

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