adjoin
verb (used with object)
to be close to or in contact with; abut on.
is adjoining
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present progressiveof adjoin (3rd person singular).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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That house is full of secrets, and the people who go to Mawgan Church, which is adjoining it, look upon Lanherne as a home of mystery.
From The Birthright by Joseph Hocking
By a singular coincidence, Hill's store is adjoining a 'U. S. Bonded Warehouse.'
From The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
The Musée d'Artillerie is adjoining, and contains the armour worn from the earliest ages, as also the weapons which have been used, and those of different countries.
There is, adjoining the Palace of Holyrood, an ancient garden of the old kings of Scotland: in it is a curious sundial, with Queen Mary's name on it.
From Notes and Queries, Number 189, June 11, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
What is adjacent may be separated altogether by the intervention of some third object; what is adjoining must touch in some part; and what is contiguous must be fitted to touch entirely on one side.
From Public Speaking by Clarence Stratton
