adjoin
verb (used with object)
to be close to or in contact with; abut on.
adjoined
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past participleof adjoin.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 adjoin.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
adjoinverb (used with object)to be close to or in contact with; abut on.
Example Sentences
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If data centers occupy the caverns, any improper water management or heat discharge could quickly become an immediate risk to adjoined residential neighborhoods.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2023
Staff members earlier took her belongings from her previous desk, which had adjoined those of other veteran House Democratics.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
The Penn Museum was built on property that once adjoined the Blockley Almshouse, right between a potter’s field and Penn Medical School.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
So I went to my room, that adjoined Father’s, and wasted time on my phone screen, and thought how I could be doing this at home, and fell asleep.
From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2020
We walk into the adjoined bathroom, and I sit on the edge of the tub.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
