Definitions for neighboring

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neighboring neigh·bor·ing

Spelling: [ney-ber-ing]

IPA: /ˈneɪ bər ɪŋ/

Neighboring is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 344 anagrams from letters in neighboring (begghiinnor).

Definitions for neighboring

noun

1. a person who lives near another.
2. a person or thing that is near another.
3. one's fellow human being:
4. a person who shows kindliness or helpfulness toward his or her fellow humans:
5. (used as a term of address, especially as a friendly greeting to a stranger):

adjective

1. situated or living near; adjacent:
2. situated or living near another:

verb (used with object)

1. to live or be situated near to; adjoin; border on.
2. to place or bring near.

verb (used without object)

1. to live or be situated nearby.
2. to associate with or as if with one's neighbors; be neighborly or friendly (often followed by with).

Origin of neighboring

First recorded in 1595-1605; neighbor + -ing²

Examples for neighboring

He found employment in the village and among the neighboring farmers.

At this moment, the note of a bird sounded from the branch of a neighboring tree.

Her body, riddled with bullets, was found on the side of the road in the neighboring republic of Ingushetia.

A plastic factory, a hardware supplier, and shipping–and-receiving giants like Fed-Ex and DHL are neighboring businesses.

neighboring Guinea and Liberia, said WHO, were presenting evidence of a decrease in cases.

Jethro was a little older than she, the son of a minister in a neighboring town.

Whenever our country was at war with neighboring states, I refused no service.

According to local lore a neighboring village called Pajaro Negro—Black Bird—supposedly was named after the planes.

Not to be left behind, progressives in neighboring Wisconsin clamored to join the cutting edge of public health.

At length he discovered him on a neighboring roof, two houses off.