noun
neighborship
Neighborship (noun) means the fact of being neighbours, especially a bond between people or things that live close to each other.
noun
1
The fact of being neighbours, especially a bond between people or things that live close to each other.
2
A relationship, connection or community among people or things that rests simply on belonging to a similar class.
"The 802.11b spec takes pretty good care to enforce good neighborship on connected hosts."
— Cory Doctorow, WiFi: What threat? (2002)
"But we believe that Cambridge is really the heart of oncology today. And we intend to benefit from this as an environment – as a neighborship."
— Hanspeter Spek, Sanofi-Aventis Q4 2009 Earnings Call Transcript (2010)
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Etymology
From Northern Middle English nychtbourschype, neȝeborusipe, equivalent to neighbor + -ship. It is 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”), and Swedish naboskap (“neighborship”).
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What is the meaning of neighborship?
"neighborship" (noun) means the fact of being neighbours, especially a bond between people or things that live close to each other.
What are the different meanings of neighborship?
"neighborship" has 2 main meanings: 1. The fact of being neighbours, especially a bond between people or things that live close to each other; 2. A relationship, connection or community among people or things that rests simply on belonging to a similar class.
