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- [uh-jey-suh nt]
- /əˈdʒeɪ sənt/
- /əˈdʒeɪ.sənt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uh-jey-suh nt]
- /əˈdʒeɪ sənt/
Definitions of adjacent word
- adjective adjacent If one thing is adjacent to another, the two things are next to each other. 3
- adjective adjacent being near or close, esp having a common boundary; adjoining; contiguous 3
- adjective adjacent (of a pair of vertices in a graph) joined by a common edge 3
- adjective adjacent (of a pair of edges in a graph) meeting at a common vertex 3
- noun adjacent the side lying between a specified angle and a right angle in a right-angled triangle 3
- adjective adjacent near or close (to something); adjoining 3
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Origin of adjacent
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English < Latin adjacent- (stem of adjacēns, present participle of adjacēre to adjoin), equivalent to ad- ad- + jac- lie + -ent- -ent
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Parts of speech for Adjacent
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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adjacent popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for adjacent
adj adjacent
- neighboring — situated or living near another: one of our neighbor nations.
- contiguous — Things that are contiguous are next to each other or touch each other.
- adjoining — being in contact; connected or neighbouring
- bordering — the part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary.
- alongside — If one thing is alongside another thing, the first thing is next to the second.
preposition adjacent
adverb adjacent
- head-to-head — in direct confrontation, opposition, or competition: a head-to-head battle between the two companies.
- next to — immediately following in time, order, importance, etc.: the next day; the next person in line.
- in line — (of an internal-combustion engine) having the cylinders ranged side by side in one or more rows along the crankshaft.
- together — into or in one gathering, company, mass, place, or body: to call the people together.
adjective adjacent
- nearby — close at hand; not far off; adjacent; neighboring: a nearby village.
- next — immediately following in time, order, importance, etc.: the next day; the next person in line.
- flanking — the side of an animal or a person between the ribs and hip.
- abutting — to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often followed by on, upon, or against): This piece of land abuts on a street.
Antonyms for adjacent
adj adjacent
- divided — separated; separate.
- disconnected — disjointed; broken.
- far — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
- faraway — distant; remote: faraway lands.
- separate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
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