Meaning of "neighbour" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NEIGHBOUR

Old English nēahbūr, from nēahnigh + būr, gebūr dweller.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF NEIGHBOUR

neighbour  [ˈneɪbə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NEIGHBOUR

Neighbour is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb neighbour in English.

WHAT DOES NEIGHBOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Neighbor

Neighbour, Neighbor, Neighbours, or Neighbors, may refer to: ▪ Person who lives in one's neighbourhood...

Definition of neighbour in the English dictionary

The first definition of neighbour in the dictionary is a person who lives near or next to another. Other definition of neighbour is a person or thing near or next to another. Neighbour is also when intr, often foll by on to be or live close.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO NEIGHBOUR

PRESENT

Present

I neighbour

you neighbour

he/she/it neighbours

we neighbour

you neighbour

they neighbour

Present continuous

I am neighbouring

you are neighbouring

he/she/it is neighbouring

we are neighbouring

you are neighbouring

they are neighbouring

Present perfect

I have neighboured

you have neighboured

he/she/it has neighboured

we have neighboured

you have neighboured

they have neighboured

Present perfect continuous

I have been neighbouring

you have been neighbouring

he/she/it has been neighbouring

we have been neighbouring

you have been neighbouring

they have been neighbouring

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I neighboured

you neighboured

he/she/it neighboured

we neighboured

you neighboured

they neighboured

Past continuous

I was neighbouring

you were neighbouring

he/she/it was neighbouring

we were neighbouring

you were neighbouring

they were neighbouring

Past perfect

I had neighboured

you had neighboured

he/she/it had neighboured

we had neighboured

you had neighboured

they had neighboured

Past perfect continuous

I had been neighbouring

you had been neighbouring

he/she/it had been neighbouring

we had been neighbouring

you had been neighbouring

they had been neighbouring

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will neighbour

you will neighbour

he/she/it will neighbour

we will neighbour

you will neighbour

they will neighbour

Future continuous

I will be neighbouring

you will be neighbouring

he/she/it will be neighbouring

we will be neighbouring

you will be neighbouring

they will be neighbouring

Future perfect

I will have neighboured

you will have neighboured

he/she/it will have neighboured

we will have neighboured

you will have neighboured

they will have neighboured

Future perfect continuous

I will have been neighbouring

you will have been neighbouring

he/she/it will have been neighbouring

we will have been neighbouring

you will have been neighbouring

they will have been neighbouring

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would neighbour

you would neighbour

he/she/it would neighbour

we would neighbour

you would neighbour

they would neighbour

Conditional continuous

I would be neighbouring

you would be neighbouring

he/she/it would be neighbouring

we would be neighbouring

you would be neighbouring

they would be neighbouring

Conditional perfect

I would have neighbour

you would have neighbour

he/she/it would have neighbour

we would have neighbour

you would have neighbour

they would have neighbour

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been neighbouring

you would have been neighbouring

he/she/it would have been neighbouring

we would have been neighbouring

you would have been neighbouring

they would have been neighbouring

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you neighbour
we let´s neighbour
you neighbour

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to neighbour

Past participle

neighboured

Present Participle

neighbouring

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF NEIGHBOUR

Find out the translation of neighbour to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of neighbour from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «neighbour» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 邻居
• Translator English - Spanish: vecino
• English: neighbour
• Translator English - Hindi: पड़ोसी
• Translator English - Arabic: جَارٌ
• Translator English - Russian: сосед
• Translator English - Portuguese: vizinho
• Translator English - Bengali: প্রতিবেশী
• Translator English - French: voisin
• Translator English - Malay: Jiran
• Translator English - German: Nachbar
• Translator English - Japanese: 近所の人
• Translator English - Korean: 이웃
• Translator English - Javanese: Pepadhamu
• Translator English - Vietnamese: hàng xóm
• Translator English - Tamil: அண்டை
• Translator English - Marathi: शेजारी
• Translator English - Turkish: komşu
• Translator English - Italian: vicino di casa
• Translator English - Polish: sąsiad
• Translator English - Ukrainian: сусід
• Translator English - Romanian: vecin
• Translator English - Greek: γείτονας
• Translator English - Afrikaans: naaste
• Translator English - Swedish: granne
• Translator English - Norwegian: nabo

10 QUOTES WITH «NEIGHBOUR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word neighbour.

1

Matthew Arnold

Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair.

2

Charles Bent

Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbour on our knees.

3

Henri Bergson

In laughter we always find an unavowed intention to humiliate and consequently to correct our neighbour.

4

Henry Brooke

A book may be compared to your neighbour: if it be good it cannot last too long; if bad, you cannot get rid of it too early.

5

Joseph Butler

Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant from, self-love, than hatred of our neighbour, or than love or hatred of anything else.

6

Paulo Coelho

Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbour is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions.

7

Les Dawson

I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbour said 'Are you going to help?' I said 'No, six should be enough.'

8

John Dyer

On my return to Cornwall I discovered that I was living in a tropical paradise. For now I am content to explore my own home and our nearest neighbour France.

9

Chen Guangbiao

One summer vacation, I carried water to the town market to sell it, and I used some of the money I made to help a neighbour.

10

Elias Hicks

Then, certainly, to be a Christian is to love God above all, and our neighbour as ourselves.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEIGHBOUR»

Discover the use of neighbour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to neighbour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Zero's Neighbour: Sam Beckett

'Zero's Neighbour' is a tribute to the work of Samuel Beckett. Poised between a critical essay and a textual performance across two languages, this book celebrates Beckett's linguistic flair in his novels, plays and poems.

Hélène Cixous, 2010

The mysterious neighbour and other stories

For children.

Sigrun Srivastav, 1993

Neighbour Procedure

A virtuoso polyvocal correspondence with the daily news, ancient scripture and contemporary theory that puts the ongoing conflict in Israel/Palestine firmly in the crosshairs, "Neighbour Procedure" sees Zolf assemble an arsenal of poetic ...

Rachel Zolf, 2010

The Inner Consultation: How to Develop an Effective and ...

"The Inner Consultation, Second Edition sets out the author's thoughts on how consulting skills, and methods of teaching them, have evolved in the 17 years since the book's first publication.

Roger Neighbour, 2005

Waking the Neighbour: Finland, NATO and Russia

"Because of both history and geography, the Finnish relationship with Russia is unique in Europe. At the same time the Finnish perception of Russia as a source of security challenges is acute.

Keir Giles, Susanna Eskola, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. Research & Assessment Branch, 2009

Death is Now My Neighbour

As he drove his chief down to Kidlington, Lewis returned the conversation to where it had begun. ‘You haven’t told me what you think about this fellow Owens – the dead woman’s next-door neighbour.’ ‘Death is always the next-door ...

Colin Dexter, 2008

'I Want to Disturb My Neighbour': Lectures on Slavery, ...

In this aptly titled collection of papers, Verene Shepherd shuns the usual role of the cloistered academic to engage readers on a range of issues relevant to Jamaica s historical past and of contemporary Shepherd s work over the past ten ...

Verene Shepherd, 2007

My Neighbour's Faith: Islam Explained for African Christians

My Neighbour’s Faith sheds light on the beliefs and teaching of Islam by addressing matters of contemporary importance to Christians and the wider non-Muslim audience.

John Azumah, 2009

Eat Thy Neighbour: A History of Cannibalism

All tastes are catered for in this hugely compelling book which is always vivacious but never salacious.

Daniel Diehl, Mark F Donnelly, 2012

Not without my neighbour: issues in interfaith relations

The insights in this book draw on the author's wide range of personal experiences -- as a child, student and Methodist pastor in Sri Lanka; as a participant in the controversial discussion of interfaith dialogue at the World Council of ...

S. Wesley Ariarajah, World Council of Churches, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NEIGHBOUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term neighbour is used in the context of the following news items.

John Hudspith had £3500 keyboard seized by police after he …

A pensioner has had £10,000 worth of instruments removed by the police after he disturbed his neighbour by playing classical music by Mozart ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

Man risks life to save two children stuck in burning Mackay house …

A woman and four young children managed to escape the blaze, but neighbour Mark Burgess broke through a window to rescue a six-year-old ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»

Baby food shortage at Neighbour to Neighbour...

There were about two or three dozen jars of baby food on the shelf of the food bank at Neighbour to Neighbour Centre around 1 p.m. today ... «HamiltonNews, Jul 15»

The City of Windsor is filing a noise complaint against the City of …

Hey! Keep it down over there! That's the message residents in Windsor, Ont., have for their (sometimes) noisy American neighbours in Detroit. «CBC.ca, Jul 15»

Teenager sexually abuses sister, neighbour in Lagos

rape0 A report has claimed that a 17-year-old teenager, Tobi George, who allegedly raped his younger sister and neighbour's daughter, ... «DailyPost Nigeria, Jul 15»

Moneymore man threw bleach over neighbour's washing on clothes …

A Moneymore man who threw bleach over clothes on his neighbours' washing line has received a two-month suspended prison sentence. «Mid Ulster Mail, Jul 15»

Woman claims protection order against 'insane' neighbour

A HARARE magistrate yesterday entered a verdict of temporal insanity in a matter where a woman had approached the court seeking a ... «NewsDay, Jul 15»

Drug addict jailed for attempted murder of neighbour

A drug addict who subjected his 67-year-old neighbour to a savage attack in which he beat him with an iron, strangled him with a cord and ... «ITV News, Jul 15»

Akshay Kumar to Get a New Neighbour in Hrithik Roshan?

Grapevine is abuzz that Hrithik Roshan has finally moved into his plush, sea-facing flat in Juhu that he had taken on rent last year. It is the same ... «NDTV, Jul 15»

Newton Abbot 'neighbour from hell' jailed

A neighbour from hell has been jailed for a four year long campaign of harassment. Andrew Spear admitted pursuing a course of conduct which ... «Torquay Herald Express, Jul 15»