adjacent
Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
Adjective 3 meanings
Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
“Because the conference room is filled, we will have our meeting in the adjacent room.”
Just before, after, or facing.
“The picture is on the adjacent page.”
Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
Noun 1 meaning
Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
Preposition 2 meanings
Next to; beside.
“The house adjacent to the school was demolished.”
Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“to lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceō (“to lie down”).
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ADJACENT at a glance
ADJACENT has 8 letters and scores 18 points in Scrabble (A 1 + D 2 + J 8 + A 1 + C 3 + E 1 + N 1 + T 1) and 22 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,754 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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