neighborship
The state or condition of being neighborsThe state or condition of being neighbors; a community, connection, or relationship between or among people and/or things which is based simply on living close geographically.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The state or condition of being neighbors; a community, connection, or relationship between or among people and/or things which is based simply on living close geographically.
(countable, uncountable)A community, connection, or relationship between or among people and/or things which is based simply on being of a similar class.
Origin
From Northern Middle English nychtbourschype, neȝeborusipe, equivalent to neighbor + -shipFrom Northern Middle English nychtbourschype, neȝeborusipe, equivalent to neighbor + -ship. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Noaberskup (“neighborship”), West Frisian neibuorskip (“neighborship”), Dutch nabuurschap (“neighborship”), German Low German Naberskupp, Naverschop (“neighborhood; neighborship”), German Nachbarschaft (“neighborship; neighborhood”), Danish naboskab (“neighborship”), Swedish naboskap (“neighborship”).
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Forms
plural: neighborshipsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable