near or close (to something); adjoining
Origin of adjacent
Classical Latin adjacens, present participle of adjacere, to lie near from ad-, to + jacere, to lie, throw: see jet
Two adjacent houses.
The definition of adjacent is next to or nearby.
An example of adjacent is two houses that are next to one another.
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adjacent
adjective
- Close to; lying near: adjacent cities.
- Next to; adjoining: adjacent garden plots.
Origin of adjacent
Middle English from Latin adiacēns adiacent- present participle of adiacēre to lie near ad- ad- iacēre to lie ; see yē- in Indo-European roots.Related Forms:
- ad·ja′cent·ly
adverb
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Adjective
(not comparable)
- Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
- Because the conference room is filled, we will have our meeting in the adjacent room.
- Just before, after, or facing.
- The picture is on the adjacent page.
Noun
(plural adjacents)
- Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
Preposition
- (US) Next to; adjacent to; beside.
Origin
Latin adiacēns, adiacentis.
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adjacent - Legal Definition
adj
Laying near or close by,
but not necessarily connected. See also adjoining.
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Sentence Examples
- We moved to adjacent land with a higher elevation in case there was a tsunami after the earthquake.
- A bird hide is situated adjacent to the lake.
- Start from the street directly adjacent to your home, and head East to the river.
- He encouraged adjacent landowners to install some signs.
- The land is conveniently located adjacent to the main stable block.
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Words near adjacent in the dictionary
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- adjacence
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- adjacencies