immediate neighbourhood
collocation in Englishmeaningsofimmediateandneighbourhood
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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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neighbourhood
noun[C]
uk/ˈneɪ.bə.hʊd/us/ˈneɪ.bɚ.hʊd/
the area of a town that surrounds someone's home, or the people who live in ...
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(Definition ofimmediateandneighbourhoodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The affinity of a node agent is defined by itsimmediateneighbourhood.
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In other words, each swarm member is only aware of other members in itsimmediateneighbourhood.
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Their approach was to distinguish theimmediateneighbourhoodof an individual pore and its farther surroundings.
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What is the "immediateneighbourhood"?
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They then investigated the situation in theimmediateneighbourhoodof the singularity by the method of strained co-ordinates.
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I saw a wood destroyed in myimmediateneighbourhood.
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I confine myself to the transport contractors who live in theimmediateneighbourhoodand whose hereditament is in theimmediateneighbourhoodof the docks.
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In theimmediateneighbourhoodof any plant (solid concentric circles) there is an equal number of plants of each cultivar equidistant from it.
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Ideally the initial response should also occur there, as many inner-city youth are reluctant to travel beyondimmediateneighbourhoodborders, especially after a traumatic event.
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Apparently this unique combination is not satisfied in theimmediateneighbourhoodof the main cylinder, a detail which requires further study.
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Apart from theimmediateneighbourhoodof the leading and trailing edges the velocity of slip implied by (2.2)is virtually uniform.
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The most extreme case arises when nodes are completely ignorant of network topology and do not know even theirimmediateneighbourhood.
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Also, because of the existence of the singularity a t the trailing edge, a solution can only be obtained outside theimmediateneighbourhoodof the trailing edge.
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The design of the aerofoil is such that the flow over it is smooth and attached except possibly in theimmediateneighbourhoodof the trailing edge.
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There is a further population of some 50,000 in theimmediateneighbourhood.
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That makes them, of course, willing to take on contracts for people in theimmediateneighbourhood.
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It is hoped shortly to open a fresh office in theimmediateneighbourhood.
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Over and above that, we have miners and limestone quarrymen in theimmediateneighbourhoodunemployed.
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Are they to be planned in theimmediateneighbourhoodof the new collieries?
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It really seems to be a matter of surplusage to talk about theimmediateneighbourhood.
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People identify most closely with theimmediateneighbourhoodin which they live.
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Managers of mines in theimmediateneighbourhoodknow that it is a danger to their pits.
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To restrict the test to those in theimmediateneighbourhoodwould introduce an element of uncertainty.
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After all, these events are taking place in countries in ourimmediateneighbourhood.
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