What is "adjacent" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does adjacent mean in English? Meaning of adjacent definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "adjacent" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "adjacent": nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space

Adjective

  • Meaning: nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
  • Example: had adjacent rooms in the next room the person sitting next to me our rooms were side by side
  • Synonyms: adjacent next side by side
  • Similar: close
  • Meaning of "adjacent": having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching

    Adjective

  • Meaning: having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching
  • Example: 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
  • Synonyms: adjacent conterminous contiguous neighboring
  • Similar: connected
  • Meaning of "adjacent": near or close to but not necessarily touching

    Adjective

  • Meaning: near or close to but not necessarily touching
  • Example: lands adjacent to the mountains New York and adjacent cities
  • Synonyms: adjacent
  • Similar: close near nigh
  • Adjective: Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on. Because the conference room is filled, we will have our meeting in the adjacent room.Just before, after, or facing. The picture is on the adjacent page.
  • Synonyms:

    neighboring, contiguous, adjoining, bordering, alongside, beside, close, near, touching, close by, next door,

    Antonyms:

    divided, disconnected, far, faraway, separate, apart, away, detached, distant, remote, nonadjacent,

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    adjacent in English: adjacent
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