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adjacent

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ad·ja·cent  (-jsnt)
adj.
1. Close to; lying near: adjacent cities.
2. Next to; adjoining: adjacent garden plots.

[Middle English, from Latin adiacns, adiacent-, present participle of adiacre, to lie near : ad-, ad- + iacre, to lie; see y- in Indo-European roots.]

ad·jacent·ly adv.

adjacent
Adjective
1. near or next: the schools were adjacent but there were separate doors
2. Geom (of a side of a right-angled triangle) lying between a specified angle and the right angle [Latin ad- near + jacere to lie]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.adjacent - 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"
close - at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other; "close to noon"; "how close are we to town?"; "a close formation of ships"
2.adjacent - 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"
connected - joined or linked together
3.adjacent - near or close to but not necessarily touching; "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities"
near, nigh, close - not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances; "near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call"

adjacent
adjective adjoining, neighbouring, nearby, abutting << OPPOSITE far away
Translations

adjacent [əˈdʒeɪsənt] adj adjacent to → contiguo a, inmediato a
adjacent [əˈdʒeɪsənt] adjadjacent(e)contigu(ë);
adjacent to → adjacent à
adjacent [əˈdʒeɪsənt] adj adjacent to → neben +dat
adjacent [əˈdʒeɪsənt] adjadiacente;
adjacent to → accanto a

adjacent
adj adjacent [əˈdʒeisənt]
(often with to) lying next (to) We had adjacent rooms in the hotel; They have bought the house adjacent to mine.langsمُجَاوِر، مُتَاخِم، قَرِيب مِنсъседенsousednítilstødendeangrenzendδιπλανόςadyacentekõrvutineمجاورvierekkäinenadjacentסָמוּך ל-, צָמוּד ל-निकटवर्तीsusjedanszomszédosberhampiran, berdampinganaðliggjandiadiacente隣接した인접한gretimasblakusbersebelahanaangrenzendtilstøtende, ved siden av (hverandre)przylegający, przyległyvizinhoînvecinat, vecinсмежный; соседнийsusednýsosedensusedniangränsande, närliggandeติดกันbitişik鄰近的прилеглий, сусіднійمتصل ، ملحق ، ملا ہواliền kề

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