abut
verb (used without object)
to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often followed by on, upon, oragainst ).
are abutting
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present progressiveof abut.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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After all, come to think of it, we are abutting on two extremely Northern provinces, Manchuria and Mongolia, and these adjoin Siberia, which all the world knows is cold.
From Peking Dust by Ellen Newbold La Motte
