abut
verb (used without object)
to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often followed by on, upon, oragainst ).
abutted
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past participleof abut.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof abut.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
abutverb (used without object)to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often followed by on, upon, oragainst ).
Example Sentences
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The tunnel had been there since before the war, said Mohammad Doghmosh, adding that it abutted a low building.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Some of their farms even abutted the graveyard.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2023
The library, which abutted the street, violated that policy.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
These efforts were often unsuccessful, however, and poor neighborhoods often abutted even the most prestigious ones.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The city was growing in all available directions, and where it abutted the lake, it grew skyward, sharply increasing the value of land within the Loop.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
