adjacent
Use adjacent in a sentence
sənt adjective
1.
lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring: a motel adjacent to the highway.
2.
just before, after, or facing: a map on an adjacent page.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin adjacent- (stem of adjacēns, present participle of adjacēre to adjoin), equivalent to ad- ad- + jac- lie + -ent- -ent
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin adjacent- (stem of adjacēns, present participle of adjacēre to adjoin), equivalent to ad- ad- + jac- lie + -ent- -ent
Related forms
ad·ja·cent·ly, adverb
non·ad·ja·cent, adjective
non·ad·ja·cent·ly, adverb
sub·ad·ja·cent, adjective
sub·ad·ja·cent·ly, adverb
su·per·ad·ja·cent, adjective
su·per·ad·ja·cent·ly, adverb
un·ad·ja·cent, adjective
un·ad·ja·cent·ly, adverb
Antonyms
distant.
distant.
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World English Dictionary
adjacent (əˈdʒeɪsənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | being near or close, esp having a common boundary; adjoining; contiguous |
| 2. | maths |
| a. (of a pair of vertices in a graph) joined by a common edge | |
| b. (of a pair of edges in a graph) meeting at a common vertex | |
| —n | |
| 3. | geometry the side lying between a specified angle and a right angle in a right-angled triangle |
| [C15: from Latin adjacēre to lie next to, from ad- near + jacēre to lie] | |
| ad'jacency | |
| —n | |
| ad'jacently | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
adjacent
early 15c., from L. adjacentem (nom. adjacens) "lying at," prp. of adjacere "lie near," from ad- "to" + jacere "to lie, rest," lit. "to throw" (see jet (v.)), with notion of "to cast (oneself) down."
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Example sentences
My most recent campus interview was for a position that is not in my field, but in one that is adjacent.
Enjoy drinks at the outdoor pool from the adjacent lounge.
He was then taken to the adjacent police hospital, where he declared a state of emergency.
In fact, in some places there are fewer badgers on the inside of the fenced-in park than on adjacent areas outside.
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