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ad⋅ja⋅cent

  [uh-jey-suhnt]
Use adjacent in a Sentence
–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 ME < L adjacent- (s. of adjacēns, prp. of adjacēre to adjoin), equiv. to ad- ad- + jac- lie + -ent- -ent

Related forms:
ad⋅ja⋅cent⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. abutting, juxtaposed, touching. See adjoining.

Antonyms:
distant.
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ad·ja·cent   (ə-jā'sənt)   
adj.  
  1. Close to; lying near: adjacent cities.
  2. Next to; adjoining: adjacent garden plots.

[Middle English, from Latin adiacēns, adiacent-, present participle of adiacēre, to lie near : ad-, ad- + iacēre, to lie; see yē- in Indo-European roots.]
ad·ja'cent·ly adv.
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Adjacent

Ad*ja"cent\, a. [L. adjacens, -centis, p. pr. of adjacere to lie near; ad + jac[=e]re to lie: cf. F. adjacent.] Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. "The adjacent forest." --B. Jonson.

Adjacent or contiguous angle. (Geom.) See Angle.

Syn: Adjoining; contiguous; near.

Usage: Adjacent, Adjoining, Contiguous. Things are adjacent when they lie close each other, not necessary in actual contact; as, adjacent fields, adjacent villages, etc.

I find that all Europe with her adjacent isles is peopled with Christians. --Howell. 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

Ad*ja"cent\, n. That which is adjacent. [R.] --Locke.
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Language Translation for : adjacent
Spanish: adyacente,
German: angrenzend,
Japanese: 隣接した
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adjacent 
c.1430, 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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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adjacent
adjacency

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