Neighbour means: 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 a... Related words include neighbor or border. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Neighbour in practice.

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Neighbour in a sentence

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Neighbour meaning

  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. A fellow human being.

Synonyms of Neighbour

neighbor adjoin border inhabit live dwell physical object object soul mortal somebody someone individual person edge

Example sentences (20)

Her son then got back up and "took a stance", before being held back by a neighbour to "prevent any further attack".

If you come across fruit that has fallen from your neighbour's tree, they have the legal right to ask for it back.

In 2005, Islamist groups expanded in Algeria, a neighbour to the north and Mauritania began to come under attack.

An eight-year-old boy has raised hundreds of pounds for charity following the death of his next door neighbour.

A third neighbour told the council: “The situation is so severe that some of us had to leave our premises for the night.

But one neighbour told : 'There were groups arriving three or four times a week, sometimes there were three taxis a day.

His love of long tables is nothing new; he lies as a matter of routine; and you really wouldn’t want him as a neighbour.

A hero neighbour used his garden hose to put out a fire at the foot of a 79-year-old’s stairs, a court heard.

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And one night I completely forgot to feed my neighbour’s cats, which we had arranged only a few days before.

A neighbour will try to involve you in a nearby domestic dispute even though you might feel this is none of your business.

I didn't think anything of it as maybe a neighbour had visitors who parked there without realising or something like that.

A neighbour who went to check on the pair allegedly heard Lucas tell his partner: "Why are you cold, Heidi?

A faded art deco shopfront sits cheek by crumbling jowl with its neighbour’s rusting balustrades and handmade fondant tiles.

Anybody interested in the voluntary maintenance work can contact John Corkery or John Sheahan(Neighbour).

He said he saw Caragh's neighbour in the street saying, "I can't cope with this, I can't deal with this".

A man has been ordered to pay compensation after he poured vegetable oil over his neighbour's car during a long-running dispute.

A homeowner was left rattled after a nightmare neighbour ripped down their fence without permission.

Belarus was used as a launch point for the invasion of its southern neighbour by Mr Putin’s forces.

A flatulent father has been branded a ‘neighbour from hell’ after he put the wind up a man living next door - with his loud farting.

Even if I follow norms, my neighbour wouldn’t and asking him to do so will only cause an argument.

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Common combinations with neighbour

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • the neighbour 22×
  • neighbour and 14×
  • his neighbour 12×
  • neighbour who 10×
  • her neighbour
  • my neighbour
  • their neighbour
  • neighbour to
  • neighbour said
  • your neighbour

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "neighbour" in a sentence?
An example: "Her son then got back up and "took a stance", before being held back by a neighbour to "prevent any further attack"." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "neighbour" from real English texts.
What does "neighbour" mean?
Neighbour means: 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.
What are synonyms of "neighbour"?
Common synonyms of "neighbour" include: neighbor, adjoin, border, inhabit, live, dwell, physical object, object. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "neighbour" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "neighbour", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

About these examples

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