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
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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noun

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

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preposition

(US) Next to; adjacent to; beside.

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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

Adjacent Sentence Examples

  • A bird hide is situated adjacent to the lake.

  • We moved to adjacent land with a higher elevation in case there was a tsunami after the earthquake.

  • He encouraged adjacent landowners to install some signs.

  • The horses were moved to the adjacent paddock.

  • She started towards the forest hedging the road adjacent to the condo community.

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Words Starting With

AADADJ

Words Ending With

TNTENT

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Words Starting With A and Ending With T

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With A8 Letter Words Ending With T