ADJACENT in English dictionary

  • adjacent

    Meanings and definitions of "ADJACENT"

    • Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
    • Just before, after, or facing.
    • adjective
      Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
    • adjective
      Just before, after, or facing.
    • noun
      Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
    • adposition
      (US)
      Next to; adjacent to; beside.
    • lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
    • just before, after, or facing
    • Close to; lying near.
    • adjective
      having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Connecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities"
    • adjective
      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"
    • adjective
      near or close to but not necessarily touching; "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities"

    Synonyms of "ADJACENT" in English dictionary

    abutting, connected, nigh are the top synonyms of "ADJACENT" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of ADJACENT

    • adjacent ( not comparable)
    • adjacent (not comparable)
    • adjacent (plural adjacents)
  • ADJACENT
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