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Definition of Neighboring

1. Adjective. Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching. "Neighboring cities"

Definition of Neighboring

1. a. Living or being near; adjacent; as, the neighboring nations or countries.

Definition of Neighboring

1. Adjective. (American English) Situated or living nearby or adjacent to. ¹

2. Adjective. (alternative spelling of neighbouring) ¹

3. Verb. (American English) (present participle of neighbor) ¹

4. Verb. (alternative spelling of neighbouring) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Neighboring

1. neighbor [v] - See also: neighbor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Neighboring

Literary usage of Neighboring

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The deeper wrong; or, Incidents in the life of a slave girl, written by by Harriet Jacobs, Harriet Brent] [Jacobs (1862)
"SKETCHES OP neighboring SLAVEHOLDERS. THERE was a planter in the country, not far from us, whom I will call Mr. Litch. He was an ill-bred, uneducated man, ..."

2. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (1896)
"The use of these fireplaces in very many houses, both of this and the neighboring ... neighboring ..."

3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"A mission was started among them in 1866, and the work was gradually extended to all the neighboring bands of Sioux. Among missionaries to the Great Sioux ..."

4. The Law of Petroleum and Natural Gas: With Forms by George Bryan (1898)
"When Lease Requires, Well Must be Drilled' on Demised, Not neighboring Territory. A test-well, as the name implies, is a well drilled under the terms of the ..."

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