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   adjacent

   /əˈdʒeɪs(ə)nt/

   adjective

   • 1. next to or adjoining something else: "adjacent rooms"
   • 2. (of a pair of angles) formed on the same side of a straight line when intersected by another line.
   • 3. next to or very near a specified location: "a Hollywood-adjacent town"
   • ▪ characterized by some aspects of, or similar to, a specified concept: "this film may not technically qualify as horror, but it's certainly horror-adjacent"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin adjacent- ‘lying near to’, from adjacere, from ad- ‘to’ + jacere ‘lie down’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. adjacency noun

   Scrabble Points: 18

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishADJACENT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   ADJACENT definition: 1. very near, next to, or touching: 2. used in compounds to show that something is not exactly the…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of ADJACENT is not distant : nearby. How to use adjacent in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Adjacent.

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   Adjacent definition: lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring. See examples of ADJACENT used in a sentence.

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   Adjacent means close to or near something. You may consider the people up and down your street to be neighbors, but your next-door neighbor is the person who lives in the house or apartment adjacent to yours. Adjacent can refer to two things that touch each other or have the same wall or border.

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   adjective. 1. c1425–. Next to or very near something else; neighbouring; bordering, contiguous; adjoining. c1425. Hit did grete harme yn townys neir adiacent. Book of Foundation of St. Bartholomew's (1923) 41 (Middle English Dictionary) ?a1450 (1422) Þe fomynge wawes of the adiacente see.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishADJACENT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   If one thing is adjacent to another, the two things are next to each other. He sat in an adjacent room and waited. The schools were adjacent but there were separate doors.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionadjacent adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

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   Definition of adjacent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   ADJACENT meaning: 1. very near, next to, or touching: 2. used in compounds to show that something is not exactly the…. Learn more.

10. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryADJACENT | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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    ADJACENT meaning: If two things are adjacent, they are next to each other: . Learn more.

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    adjacent meaning, definition, what is adjacent: a room, building, piece of land etc that...: Learn more.