adjacent
Americanadjective
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lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring.
a motel adjacent to the highway.
- Synonyms:
- touching
- Antonyms:
- distant
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just before, after, or facing.
a map on an adjacent page.
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(used in combination)
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related or very close to a specified topic, activity, etc..
While the comment was not outright racist, it was racist-adjacent.
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supporting or being an ally of a group or subculture without being a part of it.
She describes herself as queer-adjacent.
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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?
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adjective
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being near or close, esp having a common boundary; adjoining; contiguous
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maths
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(of a pair of vertices in a graph) joined by a common edge
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(of a pair of edges in a graph) meeting at a common vertex
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noun
Related Words
See adjoining.
Other Word Forms
- adjacency noun
- adjacently adverb
- nonadjacent adjective
- nonadjacently adverb
- subadjacent adjective
- subadjacently adverb
- superadjacent adjective
- superadjacently adverb
- unadjacent adjective
- unadjacently adverb
Etymology
Origin of adjacent
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 )
Example Sentences
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He’s discredited the idea that the two politicians have some kind of a sibling rivalry and noted that their trajectories ran adjacent and never collided.
From Los Angeles Times
She also urged towns across the country to enter the adjacent, innaugral Town of Culture award competition before it closes on 31 March, in order to show what makes them "unique" in 2028.
From BBC
Miles and miles of refineries and their stinking tailings ponds, adjacent to beach resorts that run on desalination plants.
From Salon
The cafeteria in the adjacent building, located between the adult and youth sections, has been demolished to make way for a classroom.
From Barron's
Starboard wants this unit to expand into “adjacent, and marginally lower-credit tiers.”
From Barron's
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