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neighborhood
Noun
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A neighborhood is part of a town or city.
They live in an Italian neighborhood on the west side of the city.
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Somebody or something's neighborhood is the area, people, or ideas around or near them.
He goes to church on Sundays and has lunch at a restaurant in his neighborhood.
The phone costs somewhere in the neighborhood of $500.
finite
Adjective
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If something is finite, it has a limit. It doesn't keep going forever.
This problem has a finite number of correct answers.
There is a finite amount of energy in the universe.
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A finite clause is one that has a verb in present or past tense or is imperative or subjunctive.
Main clauses are always finite, but subordinate clauses can be finite or non-finite.
In the sentence "I want to go to the store", "I want" is a finite verb clause but "to go to the store" is not, because it doesn't say who is doing it: it is not limited to one subject.
In the sentence "I took the book that was on the table", "I took the book" is a finite verb clause and "that was on the table" is also a finite verb clause because it is limited to the subject "that".