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Webster 1913 Edition

Adjoining

Ad-join′ing

,
Adj.
Joining to; contiguous; adjacent;
as, an
adjoining
room
.
“The adjoining fane.”
Dryden.
Upon the hills
adjoining
to the city.
Shakespeare
Syn. – Adjacent; contiguous; near; neighboring; abutting; bordering. See
Adjacent
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Adjoining

ADJOIN'ING

,
ppr.
Joining to; adjacent; contiguous.

Definition 2024

adjoining

adjoining

English

Adjective

adjoining ‎(comparative more adjoining, superlative most adjoining)

  1. Being in contact at some point or line; joining to; contiguous; bordering: an adjoining room.
    • 1902, Robert B. Ross (ed.), History of the Knaggs family of Ohio and Michigan, retrieved 2013-07-22, page 46:
      The location was described to be "on the lower side of the river, adjoining land owned by Whitmore Knaggs and on the upper side by lands not yet granted."

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Verb

adjoining

  1. present participle of adjoin

Etymology

From Middle English ajoinen, from Old French ajoindre, (compare French adjoindre), from Latin adiungō ‎(“join to”), formed from ad- ‎(“to, towards, at”) + iungō ‎(“join”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ʌˈd͡ʒɔɪn.ɪŋ/

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