Adjacent Definition

ə-jāsənt

adjective

Close to; lying near.

Adjacent cities.

American Heritage

Near or close (to something); adjoining.

Webster's New World

Next to; adjoining.

Adjacent garden plots.

American Heritage

Laying near or close by, but not necessarily connected. See also adjoining.

Webster's New World Law

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

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

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noun

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

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preposition

(US) Next to; adjacent to; beside.

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Other Word Forms of Adjacent

Singular:

adjacent

Plural:

adjacents

Middle English from Latin adiacēns adiacent- present participle of adiacēre to lie near ad- ad- iacēre to lie yē- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Latin adiacēns, adiacentis.

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