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adjacent

[uh-jey-suhnt]

adjective

  1. lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring.

    a motel adjacent to the highway.

    Synonyms: touching
    Antonyms: distant
  2. just before, after, or facing.

    a map on an adjacent page.

  3. (used in combination)

    1. related or very close to a specified topic, activity, etc..

      While the comment was not outright racist, it was racist-adjacent.

    2. supporting or being an ally of a group or subculture without being a part of it.

      She describes herself as queer-adjacent.

    3. having the traits or interests of a group or subculture without being a part of it.

      Are they full-on geeks or just nerd-adjacent?



adjacent

/ əˈdʒeɪsənt /

adjective

  1. being near or close, esp having a common boundary; adjoining; contiguous

  2. maths

    1. (of a pair of vertices in a graph) joined by a common edge

    2. (of a pair of edges in a graph) meeting at a common vertex

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. geometry the side lying between a specified angle and a right angle in a right-angled triangle

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • adjacently adverb
  • nonadjacent adjective
  • nonadjacently adverb
  • subadjacent adjective
  • subadjacently adverb
  • superadjacent adjective
  • superadjacently adverb
  • unadjacent adjective
  • unadjacently adverb
  • adjacency noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of adjacent1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin adjacent- (stem of adjacēns, present participle of adjacēre “to adjoin”), equivalent to ad- “toward” ( ad- ) + jac- “lie” + -ent- adjective suffix ( -ent )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of adjacent1

C15: from Latin adjacēre to lie next to, from ad- near + jacēre to lie
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Example Sentences

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So studio executives needed Sheridan to crank out “Yellowstone”-adjacent content for Paramount+, setting off a production blitz for the ages.

An employee at an adjacent tenant said she hadn’t seen anyone enter or leave the offices recently.

A cafeteria adjacent to the main gym is under construction, along with eight tennis courts and a 52-meter pool for swimming and water polo.

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It is to include shops and restaurants along with a hotel adjacent to a 2.5-acre lagoon.

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Fervo plans to start sending power to the grid from its initial complex of Utah wells, which are adjacent to Forge’s, in 2026.

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