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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
EXPANDsu·per·ad·ja·cent, adjective
su·per·ad·ja·cent·ly, adverb
un·ad·ja·cent, adjective
un·ad·ja·cent·ly, adverb
COLLAPSEAntonyms
distant.
distant.
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Adjacent
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Example Sentences
- Rock bass and several kinds of sunfishes are all known to nest successfully adjacent to heavily used boating channels.
- Your cost-per-click advertisement will appear adjacent to relevant content.
- In cellular networks, adjacent cells cannot use the same radio frequencies .
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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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