Meaning & use

adjacent

adjective·Academic

Next to or adjoining something else, sharing a common border or edge.

See it in a sentence

The bookstore sits adjacent to a small coffee shop on the corner.

Two adjacent fields were separated only by a narrow wooden fence.

A note on using this word

Adjacent things share a border or are immediately next to each other, but unlike touching, they need not actually be in contact.

Words with a similar meaning

neighboringadjoiningbordering

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