(~s)
Note: in AM, use 'neighborhood'
1.
A ~ is one of the parts of a town where people live.
It seemed like a good ~ to raise my children.
= area
N-COUNT
2.
The ~ of a place or person is the area or the people around them.
He was born and grew up in the Flatbush ~ of Brooklyn...
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3.
In the ~ of a number means approximately that number.
He’s won in the ~ of four million dollars...
= roughly, about
PREP-PHRASE: PREP amount
4.
A place in the ~ of another place is near it.
...the loss of woodlands in the ~ of large towns.
PHRASE: PHR n