word-vault/dist/data/cards/ne/neighbour.json

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{
    "term": "neighbour",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who lives next to you or near you",
            "sensetop": "neighbour to somebody",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We've had a lot of support from all our **friends and neighbours**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our **next-door neighbours** are very noisy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's been a very good neighbour to me.",
                    "contextForm": "neighbour to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've just met our new neighbours."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's having a barbecue and he's inviting all the neighbours."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Residents rushed to help their elderly neighbours."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her music was annoying the neighbours."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are near neighbours of ours."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My nearest neighbour lives a few miles away."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our new neighbours moved in today."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She could hear her downstairs neighbour moving around."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Shh! You'll wake the neighbours."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The neighbours complained about his loud music."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two men became neighbours."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Family and relationships"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["friendly", "good", "nosy"],
                "verb + neighbour/​neighbor": ["become", "disturb", "wake"],
                "neighbour/​neighbor + verb": ["complain", "move in"],
                "neighbour/​neighbor + noun": ["boy", "girl", "kid"],
                "phrases": ["friends and neighbours"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a country that is next to or near another country",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What is Britain's nearest neighbour?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Consider Canada, our neighbor to the north."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country is vulnerable to attack from hostile neighbours."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The programme is the envy of many of our European neighbours."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["northern", "southern", "etc."],
                "verb + neighbour/​neighbor": ["attack", "invade", "threaten"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a person or thing that is standing or located next to another person or thing",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Stand quietly, children, and try not to talk to your neighbour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The tree fell slowly, its branches caught in those of its neighbours."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She leaned over to her nearest neighbour and whispered something."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["nearest"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "any other human",
            "labels": "(literary)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We should all love our neighbours."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈneɪbə(r)/",
                "audio": "ne/neighbour/neighbour__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈneɪbər/",
                "audio": "ne/neighbour/neighbour__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English nēahgebūr, from nēah ‘nigh, near’ + gebūr ‘inhabitant, peasant, farmer’ (compare with boor)."
}