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ˈjā -sᵊnt  \\  \nDefinition of adjacent  \n1a : not distant : nearby the city and adjacent suburbs  \nb : having a common endpoint or border adjacent lots adjacent sides of a triangle  \nc : immediately preceding or following  \n2 of two angles : having the vertex and one side in common  \n Other Words from adjacent  Synonyms & Antonyms  Choose the Right Synonym  More Example Sentences  Learn More About adjacent  \nKeep scrolling for more  \nOther Words from adjacent  \nadjacently adverb  \nSynonyms & Antonyms for adjacent  \nSynonyms  \n[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adjacent](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adjacent) 2/13  \n7/12/2021 Adjacent | Definition of Adjacent by Merriam-Webster  \n abutting,  \n adjoining,  \n bordering,  \n  conterminous,  \n contiguous,  \n flanking,  \n  flush,  \n fringing,  \n joining,  \n juxtaposed,  \n neighboring,  \n skirting,  \n touching,  \n verging  \nAntonyms  \n nonadjacent,  \n noncontiguous  \nVisit the Thesaurus for More   \nChoose the Right Synonym for adjacent  \nadjacent, adjoining, contiguous, juxtaposed mean being in close proximity. adjacent may or may not imply contact but always implies absence of anything of the same kind in between. a house with an adjacent garage adjoining definitely implies meeting and touching at some point or line. had adjoining rooms at the hotel contiguous implies having contact on all or most of one side. offices in all 48 contiguous states juxtaposed means placed side by side especially so as to permit comparison and contrast. a skyscraper juxtaposed to a church  \nExamples of adjacent in a Sentence  \nThe Harrimans owned two large adjacent houses on N Street, one for themselves and one for Averell Harriman's pictures.—Larry McMurtry, New York Times Review of Books, 23 Oct. 2003 Hearing unexpected chords was linked to magnetic activity in a left-brain region known as Broca's area and in adjacent right-brain tissue.—Bruce Bower, Science News, 5 May 2001  \nSee More  \nRecent Examples on the Web Immediately after the press conference ended, Trump-adjacent groups began sending fundraising text messages to supporters citing the lawsuits.—Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 7 July 2021 So if wine-adjacent work is your life plan, this is the apartment for you.—Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 4 July 2021  \nThese example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'adjacent.' 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Send us feedback.  \nSee More  \nFirst Known Use of adjacent  \n15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a  \n[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adjacent](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adjacent) 3/13  \n7/12/2021 Adjacent | Definition of Adjacent by Merriam-Webster  \nHistory and Etymology for adjacent  \nMiddle English, borrowed from Anglo-French agisaunt, adjesant, borrowed from Latin adjacent-, adjacens, present participle of adjacēre \"to lie near, border on,\" from ad-ad- + jacēre \"to lie,\" stative derivative from the base ofjacere \"to throw\"—more at jet entry 3  \nKeep scrolling for more  \nLearn More About adjacent  \nShare adjacent  \nPost the Definition of adjacent to Facebook   \n Share the Definition of adjacent on Twitter   \nTime Traveler for adjacent  \nThe first known use of adjacent was in t","cbCaisDMBSTXr3lo","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisDMBSTXr3lo","pdf",853294,13,"English","# Definition of adjacent\n## Pronunciation\n## Senses\n## Other words, synonyms & antonyms\n## Choose the right synonym\n## Examples\n## First known use\n## History and etymology","[{\"question\":\"What does “adjacent” generally mean?\",\"answer\":\"“Adjacent” means close or near and often sharing a border, wall, or point. 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