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Definition neighbour

Etymology

From Middle English neighebor, neighbour, neihebur, from Old English n?ah?eb?r (“neighbour”), from Proto-Germanic *n?hwagab?rô (“neighbour”), equivalent to nigh +‎ bower. Cognate with Scots nichbour (“neighbour”), Saterland Frisian Noaber (“neighbour”), Dutch nabuur (“neighbour”), German Low German Navur (“neighbour”), German Nachbar (“neighbour”), Norwegian nabo (“neighbour”), Icelandic nábúi (“neighbour”). More at nigh, bower.

Noun

neighbour (plural neighbours) (British spelling)

1. A 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.
2. One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
3. (biblical) A fellow human being.

Verb

neighbour (third-person singular simple present neighbours, present participle neighbouring, simple past and past participle neighboured) (British spelling)

1. (transitive) To be adjacent to
2. (intransitive, followed by "on"; figurative) To be similar to, to be almost the same as.
3. To associate intimately with; to be close to.

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