adjoining

American

[uh-joi-ning] / əˈdʒɔɪ nɪŋ /

adjective

being in contact at some point or line; located next to another; bordering; contiguous.

the adjoining room; a row of adjoining town houses.

adjoining British

/ əˈdʒɔɪnɪŋ /

adjective

being in contact; connected or neighbouring

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Related Words

Adjoining, adjacent, bordering all mean near or close to something. Adjoining implies touching, having a common point or line: an adjoining yard. Adjacent implies being nearby or next to something else: all the adjacent houses; adjacent angles. Bordering means having a common boundary with something: the farm bordering on the river.

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of adjoining

First recorded in 1485–95; adjoin + -ing ²

Example Sentences

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Much of its adjoining campus is in rough shape.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

The group is about to be entrusted with additional adjoining woodland, expanding its stewardship to 72 acres.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

The straightforward solution, after demolishing the adjoining building, would have been to extend the facade to the south.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

I left the Noma protest and drove 20 minutes to El Grullense, a taco truck with an adjoining dining room near the Santee Education Complex.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

The sensation of being within the circus fades as soon as she has crossed the threshold, and she is suddenly acutely aware of everything in the adjoining room.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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