- The definition of adjacent is next to or nearby.
An example of adjacent is two houses that are next to one another.
Two adjacent houses.
adjacent
adjective
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 jetRelated Forms:
- adjacently
adverb
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
adjacent
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.
- adjacency
- adjacently
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.
adjacent - Legal Definition
adj
Laying near or close by,
but not necessarily connected. See also adjoining.
