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Webster 1913 Edition
Adjacent
Ad-ja′cent
,Adj.
[L.
adjacens
, -centis
, p. pr. of adjacere
to lie near; ad
+ jacēre
to lie: cf. F. adjacent
.] Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on;
“The adjacent forest.” as, a field
. adjacent
to the highwayB. Jonson.
I find that all Europe with her
Things are adjoining when they meet at some line or point of junction; as, adjoining farms, an adjoining highway. What is spoken of as contiguous should touch with some extent of one side or the whole of it; as, a row of contiguous buildings; a wood contiguous to a plain. adjacent
isles is peopled with Christians. Howell.
Ad-ja′cent
,Noun.
That which is adjacent.
[R.]
Locke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Adjacent
ADJA'CENT
,Adj.
ADJA'CENT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
adjacent
adjacent
English
Adjective
adjacent (not comparable)
- 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
- (lying next to): abutting, adjoining, contiguous, juxtaposed, near
Antonyms
- (lying next to): apart, distant, nonadjacent
Related terms
Translations
lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
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just before, after, or facing
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Noun
adjacent (plural adjacents)
- Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
- 1980, Faber Birren, The textile colorist
- Again, the key colors have twice the area of the adjacents.
- 2011, Mark Zegarelli, ACT Math For Dummies (page 194)
- Picking out the opposite, the adjacent, and the hypotenuse
- 1980, Faber Birren, The textile colorist
Preposition
adjacent
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin adiacēns, adiacēntem, present active participle of adiaceō (“adjoin, border”). Doublet of eina.
Adjective
adjacent m, f (masculine and feminine plural adjacents)
French
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin adiacēns, adiacēntem, present active participle of adiaceō (“adjoin, border”). Doublet of aise.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /adʒasɑ̃/
Adjective
adjacent m (feminine singular adjacente, masculine plural adjacents, feminine plural adjacentes)