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adjacent
[ uh-jey-suhnt ]
adjective
- lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring:
a motel adjacent to the highway.
Synonyms: touching
Antonyms: distant
- just before, after, or facing:
a map on an adjacent page.
- (used in combination)
- related or very close to a specified topic, activity, etc.:
While the comment was not outright racist, it was racist-adjacent.
- supporting or being an ally of a group or subculture without being a part of it:
She describes herself as queer-adjacent.
- having the traits or interests of a group or subculture without being a part of it:
Are they full-on geeks or just nerd-adjacent?
adjacent
/ əˈdʒeɪsənt /
adjective
- being near or close, esp having a common boundary; adjoining; contiguous
- maths
- (of a pair of vertices in a graph) joined by a common edge
- (of a pair of edges in a graph) meeting at a common vertex
noun
- geometry the side lying between a specified angle and a right angle in a right-angled triangle
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Derived Forms
- adˈjacently, adverb
- adˈjacency, noun
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Other Words From
- ad·jacent·ly adverb
- nonad·jacent adjective
- nonad·jacent·ly adverb
- subad·jacent adjective
- subad·jacent·ly adverb
- super·ad·jacent adjective
- super·ad·jacent·ly adverb
- unad·jacent adjective
- unad·jacent·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of adjacent1
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Example Sentences
Who helps build convention centers and adjacent hotels so cities can attract convention business?
I am sitting on the Turkish-Syrian border, adjacent to the city of Kobani, watching hundreds of children sob.
“Photography turned out to be the secret weapon in his revolutionary landscape paintings,” the adjacent wall text states.
About the only thing nearby that smacks of politics is an adjacent pop-up Halloween costume store.
As I waited to speak to Manning, a cleaning woman poked her head out from one of the adjacent rooms to peer at me.
He commanded a force which at this time was in possession of Norfolk and its adjacent areas.
One feature of especial interest associated with this cemetery is its connexion with an adjacent arenarium, or sand pit.
Adjacent to the church is St Peter's hospital, a picturesque gabled building of Jacobean and earlier date, with a fine court room.
In the mean time, the two men were to enter and make careful examination of the main sewer and its adjacent outlets.
The three following books are dedicated to the description of Greece, with the adjacent islands.
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