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adjacent
[ uh-jey-suhnt ]
/ ÉËdÊeÉȘ sÉnt /
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adjective
lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring: a motel adjacent to the highway.
just before, after, or facing: a map on an adjacent page.
(used in combination)
- related or very close to a specified topic, activity, etc.: While the comment was not outright racist, it was racist-adjacent.
- supporting or being an ally of a group or subculture without being a part of it: She describes herself as queer-adjacent.
- 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?
OTHER WORDS FOR adjacent
1 abutting, juxtaposed, touching.
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Origin of adjacent
synonym study for adjacent
1. See adjoining.
OTHER WORDS FROM adjacent
Words nearby adjacent
Aditya, Adivasi, adj., Adj.A., adjacency, adjacent, adjacent angle, adjacent angles, adjectival, adjective, adjective clause
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How to use adjacent in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for adjacent
adjacent
/ (ÉËdÊeÉȘsÉnt) /
adjective
being near or close, esp having a common boundary; adjoining; contiguous
maths
- (of a pair of vertices in a graph) joined by a common edge
- (of a pair of edges in a graph) meeting at a common vertex
noun
geometry the side lying between a specified angle and a right angle in a right-angled triangle
Derived forms of adjacent
adjacency, nounadjacently, adverbWord Origin for adjacent
C15: from Latin adjacÄre to lie next to, from ad- near + jacÄre to lie
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