Meaning

3 senses

  1. (UK, transitive)To be adjacent to

    Though France neighbours Germany, its culture is significantly different.

    benachbart sein

    соседствоватьsosedstvovatʹ, прилега́тьprilegátʹ, грани́читьgraníčitʹ

    межува́тиmežuváty

    be located near or adjacent to

  2. (UK, figuratively, intransitive)To be similar to, to be almost the same as.

    That sort of talk is neighbouring on treason.

  3. (UK)To associate intimately with; to be close to.

Examples

467 sentences

  1. Tom is my neighbour.

    Том — мій сусід. — deniko

    ruТом — мой сосед. — marafon

    deTom ist mein Nachbar. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Tom is a good neighbour.

    Том — добрий сусіда. — deniko

    ruТом - хороший сосед. — Balamax

    deTom ist ein guter Nachbar. — al_ex_an_der

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  3. What are the neighbours doing?

    Що роблять сусіди? — deniko

    ruЧто соседи делают? — marafon

    deWas machen die Nachbarn? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. We don't know our neighbours.

    Ми не знаємо наших сусідів. — deniko

    ruМы не знаем своих соседей. — nina99nv

    deWir kennen unsere Nachbarn nicht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. Luckily, my neighbour was able to jump-start my car.

    deZum Glück konnte mein Nachbar mir Starthilfe geben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to be adjacent to:
Русский
By meaning 1
to be adjacent to:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to be adjacent to:

Origin

From Middle English neighebour, neighbour, neyghebour, from Old English nēahġebūr (“neighb

From Middle English neighebour, neighbour, neyghebour, from Old English nēahġebūr (“neighbour”), from Proto-West Germanic *nāhwagabūrō, from Proto-Germanic *nēhwagabūrô (“neighbour”, literally “near-dweller”), from *nēhwaz (“close, near”) + *gabūrô (“dweller”). Equivalent to nigh (“near”) + bower (“farmer”).

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Forms

neighbours, neighbouring, neighboured, neighboured
Base formneighbour · to neighbour
3rd person singularneighbours
Present participleneighbouring
Past simpleneighboured
Past participleneighboured

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyneighbour
he, she, itneighbours

Past simpleLesson

all personsneighboured

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave neighboured
he, she, ithas neighboured

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill neighbour

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • be located near or adjacent to:neighbor
  • live or be located as a neighbor:neighbor

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
negroneighneighborhoodB1neighbourhoodB1neighbourlyneitherB2
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