immediate neighbour
collocation in Englishmeaningsofimmediateandneighbour
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immediate
adjective
uk/ɪˈmiː.di.ət/us/ɪˈmiː.di.ət/
happening or done without delay or very soon after ...
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neighbour
noun[C]
uk/ˈneɪ.bər/us/ˈneɪ.bɚ/
someone who lives very close ...
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(Definition ofimmediateandneighbourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Three metres separated each trap from itsimmediateneighbour.
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I am not suggesting that theimmediateneighbouris not the person most likely to be aggrieved, but it may be wider than that.
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For both global environment andimmediateneighbourenvironment reasons we need to switch the way in which we deal with our waste.
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My own county and itsimmediateneighbourare undoubtedly amongst the highly organised and efficient mining areas.
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Myimmediateneighbour, a small farmer, had to wait three years before he was allowed to do that.
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It will soon be ourimmediateneighbour.
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Figure 1 shows a close-up of a small region of the material and figure 2 shows a single cell connected to its eight immediate neighbours.
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That is, criminals will not prey on their immediate neighbours and there are certain forms of crime which are accepted by all to be 'beyond the pale'.
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When the electric potential of such a cable is sufficiently high, its electric field causes a significant voltage difference between the cable and itsimmediateneighbour.
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The eastern partnership is an important instrument for strengthening democracy among our immediate neighbours.
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Further, these possibilities can affect only immediate neighbours.
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Its impact on their immediate neighbours extends to perhaps a dozen houses on either side.
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It is not a formula for success with the rest of the world to be as rude as possible to our immediate neighbours.
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Our situation is different from that of our immediate neighbours.
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The trees were not just a problem for the immediate neighbours.
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People are less encouraged to have regard, for their immediate neighbours, and they have more technical means of inflicting their indulgences on others.
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Such parents try to survive by spurning luxuries and accept that their living standards frequently will fall below those of immediate neighbours.
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They are frequently unknown, except to the immediate neighbours, and that is as it should be.
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The environment for the individual bird is made up of its immediate neighbours.
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They are immediate neighbours and their growing conditions and problems are the same.
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