Adjacent

[ə'dʒeɪs(ə)nt] or [ə'dʒesnt]

Definition

(adj.) near or close to but not necessarily touching; 'lands adjacent to the mountains'; 'New York and adjacent cities' .

(adj.) nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; 'had adjacent rooms'; 'in the next room'; 'the person sitting next to me'; 'our rooms were side by side' .

(adj.) having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; 'Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut'; 'the side of Germany conterminous with France'; 'Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho'; 'neighboring cities' .

Typed by Lillian--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway.

(n.) That which is adjacent.

Checked by Jessie

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Adjoining, conterminous, neighboring, near, close, bordering, contiguous, in proximity.

Checker: Wilmer

Definition

adj. lying near to: contiguous.—n. Adjac′ency the state of being near: that which is adjacent.—adv. Adjac′ently.

Typed by Damian

Examples

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