Adjacent Definition

ə-jāsənt
adjective
Close to; lying near.
Adjacent cities.
American Heritage
Near or close (to something); adjoining.
Webster's New World
Next to; adjoining.
Adjacent garden plots.
American Heritage

Laying near or close by, but not necessarily connected. See also adjoining.

Webster's New World Law

Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.

Because the conference room is filled, we will have our meeting in the adjacent room.
Wiktionary
noun

Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.

Wiktionary
preposition

(US) Next to; adjacent to; beside.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Adjacent

Noun

Singular:
adjacent
Plural:
adjacents

Origin of Adjacent

  • Middle English from Latin adiacēns adiacent- present participle of adiacēre to lie near ad- ad- iacēre to lie yē- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin adiacēns, adiacentis.

    From Wiktionary

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