Definitions for adjacent
əˈdʒeɪ səntad·ja·cent

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. adjacent, next, side by side(p)adjective

   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"

2. adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring(a)adjective

   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"

3. adjacentadjective

   near or close to but not necessarily touching

   "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. adjacentnoun

   Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.

   Etymology: adiacens, adiacentis.

2. adjacentadjective

   Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.

   Because the conference room is filled, we will have our meeting in the adjacent room.

   Etymology: adiacens, adiacentis.

3. adjacentadjective

   Just before, after, or facing.

   The picture is on the adjacent page.

   Etymology: adiacens, adiacentis.

4. adjacentpreposition

   Next to; adjacent to; beside.

   Etymology: adiacens, adiacentis.

Webster Dictionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Adjacentadjective

   lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway

2. Adjacentnoun

   that which is adjacent

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Adjacent

   ad-jās′ent, adj. lying near to: contiguous.—n. Adjac′ency, the state of being near: that which is adjacent.—adv. Adjac′ently. [L. ad, to, jacēre, to lie.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. adjacent

   Lying close to another object; a word applied to the relative situations of capes or bays from the ship.--Adjacent angle is one immediately contiguous to another, so that they have one common side.

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'adjacent' in Adjectives Frequency: #981

How to pronounce adjacent?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of adjacent in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of adjacent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of adjacent in a Sentence

1. Los Angeles Fire Department:

   The well-coordinated LAFD defensive operations prevented either of two adjacent businesses from sustaining fire damage.

2. Sergey Lavrov:

   While our proposals are aimed at reducing the military confrontation, de-escalating the overall situation in Europe, exactly the opposite is happening in the West. NATO members are building up their strength and aviation. In the territories that are directly adjacent to Ukraine, on the Black Sea, the scale of exercises has increased many times recently.

3. Max Maizels:

   Cold seems to set up bedwetting. Some families have a child's bed adjacent to an exposed wall and by moving the bed away from the cold wall it seems to reduce wetting.

4. Jim Parsons:

   So much of our show is related, based on, adjacent to everything that Stephen Hawking did, strove to do, thought about, was passionate about through Stephen Hawking entire life and career. The fact that Stephen Hawking knew of our show, was interested in being on it, was willing to come play with us group of monkeys for a couple days was really moving, it was just, it was an amazing experience. It was an intimidating one. I ’d be lying if I said I was comfortable. … To get to finally meet him was, it was just overwhelming.

5. Vickareio Adderely:

   My house sounds like the ocean, there are three houses adjacent to mine that also lost their roof.

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