adjacent

  • 21adjacent — adj. VERBS ▪ be, be situated, lie, stand ▪ The vineyards of Verzy lie adjacent to those of Verzenay. ADVERB ▪ directly, immediately …

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  • 22adjacent — adj. adjacent to (adjacent to our building) * * * [ə dʒeɪs(ə)nt] adjacent to (adjacent. to our building) …

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  • 23adjacent — ad|ja|cent [əˈdʒeısənt] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , present participle of adjacere to lie near , from ad to + jacere to lie ] a room, building, piece of land etc that is adjacent to something is next to it ▪ We stayed in adjacent… …

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  • 24adjacent — [[t]əʤe͟ɪs(ə)nt[/t]] ADJ: oft ADJ to n 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. ...offices adjacent to the museum …

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  • 25adjacent — adjacently, adv. /euh jay seuhnt/, adj. 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. [1400 50; late ME < L adjacent (s. of adjacens, prp …

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  • 26adjacent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. adjoining, near, close by, next to; touching, bordering, contiguous, neighboring. See contact. Ant., distant, remote, detached. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. nearby, neighboring, adjoining, contiguous …

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  • 27adjacent — ad|ja|cent [ ə dʒeısnt ] adjective * next to or near something else: an adjacent area/room/building adjacent to: The site of the new building is adjacent to the park …

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  • 28adjacent — adjective adjacent angles a patio adjacent to the greenhouse Syn: adjoining, neighboring, next door, abutting, contiguous, proximate; (adjacent to) close to, near, next to, by, by the side of, bordering on, beside, alongside …

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  • 29adjacent */ — UK [əˈdʒeɪs(ə)nt] / US adjective next to or near something else an adjacent area/room/building adjacent to: The site of the new building is adjacent to the park …

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  • 30ADJACENT — ENTE. adj. Qui est situé auprès, qui est aux environs. Il ne se dit guère qu en parlant De pays, de terres, d îles, de maisons, de rues. Pays adjacent. Tout le pays adjacent. Lieux adjacents. Îles adjacentes. Les maisons adjacentes. Les rues&#8230; …

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