adjacent

adj.

1. Close to; lying near: adjacent cities.
2. Next to; adjoining: adjacent garden plots.

[Middle English, from Latin adiacēns, adiacent-, present participle of adiacēre, to lie near : ad-, ad- + iacēre, to lie.]

adjacently ad·ja'cent·ly adv.

That which adjoins. Most property insurance policies such as the Homeowners Insurance Policy provide structural coverage on an adjacent building on the same basis as the primary building.

Nearby but not necessarily adjoining.
Example: Lot B is adjacent to lot A.

adjective

1. Not far from another in space, time, or relation: close, contiguous, immediate, near, nearby, nigh, proximate. Idioms: at hand, under one's nose, within a stone's throw, within hailing distance. See near/far/distance.
2. Sharing a common boundary: adjoining, conterminous, contiguous, next. See near/far/distance.

adj

Definition: next to, abutting
Antonyms: apart, away, detached, disconnected, distant, far, faraway, nonadjacent, remote, separate

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Lying near or close to; neigh- boring.

Adjacent means that objects or parcels of land are not widely separated, though perhaps they are not actually touching; but adjoining implies that they are united so closely that no other object comes between them.

IN BRIEF: Being near or bordering upon.

Her room is adjacent to mine.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - nærliggende, tilstødende

Nederlands (Dutch)
aangrenzend, belendend

Français (French)
adj. - adjacent

Deutsch (German)
adj. - angrenzend, benachbart

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - διπλανός, γειτονικός

Italiano (Italian)
adiacente, limitrofo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - adjacente, contínuo, limítrofe

Русский (Russian)
прилежащий, соседний

Español (Spanish)
adj. - contiguo, adyacente, colindante, limítrofe

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - angränsande, närliggande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
毗连的, 邻近的, 接近的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 毗連的, 鄰近的, 接近的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 이웃의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 近接した, 直前の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) قريب, مجاور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮סמוך, קרוב, צמוד, גובל ב-‬

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