Definitions for adjacentəˈdʒeɪ sənt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ad•ja•cent*əˈdʒeɪ sənt(adj.)
lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining.
just before, after, or facing:
an adjacent page.
* Syn: See adjoining.
Origin of adjacent:
1400–50; < L adjacent-, s. of adjacēns, prp. of adjacēre to adjoin =ad-ad - +jacēre to lie
ad•ja′cent•ly(adv.)
Princeton's WordNet
adjacent, next, side by side(p)(adj)
nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
"had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side"
adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring(a)(adj)
having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching
"Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities"
adjacent(adj)
near or close to but not necessarily touching
"lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities"
Wiktionary
adjacent(Noun)
Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
adjacent(Adjective)
Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
Because the conference room is filled, we will have our meeting in the adjacent room.
adjacent(Adjective)
Just before, after, or facing.
The picture is on the adjacent page.
adjacent(Preposition)
Next to; adjacent to; beside.
Origin: adiacens, adiacentis.
Webster Dictionary
Adjacent(adj)
lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway
Adjacent(noun)
that which is adjacent
Translations for adjacent
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
adjacent(adjective)
(often with to ) lying next (to)
We had adjacent rooms in the hotel; They have bought the house adjacent to mine.
- langsAfrikaans
- مُجَاوِر، مُتَاخِم، قَرِيب مِنArabic
- съседенBulgarian
- adjacentePortuguese (BR)
- sousedníCzech
- angrenzendGerman
- tilstødendeDanish
- διπλανόςGreek
- adyacenteSpanish
- kõrvutineEstonian
- مجاورFarsi
- viereinenFinnish
- adjacentFrench
- סָמוּך ל-, צָמוּד ל-Hebrew
- निकटवर्तीHindi
- susjedanCroatian
- szomszédosHungarian
- berhampiran, berdampinganIndonesian
- aðliggjandiIcelandic
- adiacenteItalian
- 隣接したJapanese
- 인접한Korean
- gretimasLithuanian
- blakusLatvian
- bersebelahanMalay
- aangrenzendDutch
- tilstøtende, ved siden av (hverandre)Norwegian
- przylegający, przyległyPolish
- مجاورPersian
- جګړهPashto
- vizinhoPortuguese
- învecinat, vecinRomanian
- смежный; соседнийRussian
- susednýSlovak
- sosedenSlovenian
- susedniSerbian
- angränsande, närliggandeSwedish
- ติดกันThai
- bitişikTurkish
- 毗鄰的Chinese (Trad.)
- прилеглий, сусіднійUkrainian
- متصل ، ملحق ، ملا ہواUrdu
- liền kềVietnamese
- 邻近的Chinese (Simp.)
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