adjoin

[ uh-join ]

/ əˈdʒɔɪn /

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verb (used with object)

to be close to or in contact with; abut on: His property adjoins the lake.

to attach or append; affix.

verb (used without object)

to be in connection or contact: the point where the estates adjoin.

Words nearby adjoin

adjective clause, adjective phrase, adjective pronoun, adjectivize, adjigo, adjoin, adjoining, adjoint, adjoint differential equation, adjourn, adjournment

Origin of adjoin

1275–1325; Middle English a(d)joinen < Middle French ajoindre. See ad-, join

OTHER WORDS FROM adjoin

un·ad·joined, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH adjoin

adjoin adjourn

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Examples from the Web for adjoin

Companies tend to create oil palm plantations in large tracts, many of which adjoin neighboring plantations.
Our Taste for Cheap Palm Oil Is Killing Chimpanzees|Carrie Arnold|July 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The ideal plan would be for this room to adjoin the university library like a seminar room.
Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Ottawa, Canada June 26-July 2, 1912|Various
Another small building must adjoin this, in which are the bellows and the man who works them.
De Re Metallica|Georgius Agricola
Wherever possible the playground should adjoin the school building or community house, or both.
The Farmer and His Community|Dwight Sanderson

Two or three wretched cottages for laborers, surrounded by mud, adjoin it on the left.
Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets, Vol. I (of 2)|William Howitt
This basket is carried out into the tules that adjoin the lakes, and sunk to the depth of two or three feet.
Wigwam and War-path; Or the Royal Chief in Chains|A. B. (Alfred Benjamin) Meacham

British Dictionary definitions for adjoin

adjoin

/ (əˈdʒɔɪn) /

verb

to be next to (an area of land, etc)

(tr foll by to) to join; affix or attach

Word Origin for adjoin

C14: via Old French from Latin adjungere, from ad- to + jungere to join

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adjoin

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

Words related to adjoin

Words nearby adjoin

Origin of adjoin

OTHER WORDS FROM adjoin

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH adjoin

Examples from the Web for adjoin

British Dictionary definitions for adjoin

verb

Word Origin for adjoin