neighbour noun

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/ˈneɪ.bər/

/-bɚ/ n [C]

Definition

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UK someone who lives very near to you

Some of the neighbours have complained about the noise from our party.

Have you met Pat, my next-door neighbour?

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A country's neighbour is one that is next to it

The relationship between Scotland and its southern neighbour has not always been peaceful.

(Definition of neighbour noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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