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Meaning of 'adjacent' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Adjacent [ a.]
- Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway.
2 . Adjacent [ n.]
- That which is adjacent.

Meaning of 'adjacent' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . adjacent [ s]
Meaning (1):
- nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
Example in sentence:
  • had adjacent rooms;
  • in the next room;
  • our rooms were side by side;
  • the person sitting next to me
Meaning (2):
- near or close to but not necessarily touching
Example in sentence:
  • lands adjacent to the mountains;
  • New York and adjacent cities
Meaning (3):
- having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching
Example in sentence:
  • neighboring cities;
  • Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Connecticut;
  • the side of Germany conterminous with France;
  • Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho

Nearby Words:

adjacence adjacency adjacently adject adjection adjectional adjectitious adjectival adjectivally adjective

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