If one thing is adjacentto another, the two things are next to each other.
He sat in an adjacent room and waited.
The schools were adjacent but there were separate doors.
...offices adjacent to the museum. [+ to]
Synonyms: adjoining, neighbouring, nearby, abutting More Synonyms of adjacent
More Synonyms of adjacent
adjacent in British English
(əˈdʒeɪsənt)
adjective
1.
being near or close, esp having a common boundary; adjoining; contiguous
2. mathematics
a.
(of a pair of vertices in a graph) joined by a common edge
b.
(of a pair of edges in a graph) meeting at a common vertex
noun
3. geometry
the side lying between a specified angle and a right angle in a right-angled triangle
Derived forms
adjacency (adˈjacency)
noun
adjacently (adˈjacently)
adverb
Word origin
C15: from Latin adjacēre to lie next to, from ad- near + jacēre to lie
adjacent in American English
(əˈdʒeɪsənt)
adjective
near or close (to something); adjoining
SYNONYMY NOTE: adjacent things may or may not be in actual contact with each other, but they are not separatedby things of the same kind [adjacent angles, adjacent farmhouses]; that which is adjoining something else touches it at some point or along a line [adjoining rooms]; things are contiguous when they touch along the whole or most of one side [contiguous farms]; tangent implies contact at a single, nonintersecting point with a curved line or surface[a line tangent to a circle]; neighboring things lie near to each other [neighboring villages]
Derived forms
adjacently (adˈjacently)
adverb
Word origin
L adjacens, prp. of adjacere, to lie near < ad-, to + jacere, to lie, throw: see jet1
Examples of 'adjacent' in a sentence
adjacent
She was answered by two passengers in adjacent seats.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
We habitually book a whole row of three plus the adjacent one across the aisle.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There were two couples at an adjacent table.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Carbon monoxide leaked through gaps above the false ceiling between the boiler room and their adjacent bedroom.
The Sun (2015)
He does not look my way as he positions himself between two blue poles adjacent to me.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Secure storage capacity has to be enhanced and an adjacent building is to become a new exhibition space.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Equipment is often housed in the backs of motor vans or across the street in an adjacent building.
Croft, James Corporate Cloak and Dagger (1994)
They are assigned to a parking lot adjacent to the stadium and are allowed its use free of charge.
Kiam, Victor Going For It!: How to Succeed As an Entrepreneur (1986)
Would it not be logical for him to enable these schools to share their facilities with pupils in adjacent areas?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Cafe area clean with adjacent bar.
The Sun (2009)
One Russian family has two adjacent houses.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
There is planning consent for a swimming pool, guest house and tennis court on the adjacent land.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A church owns a house adjacent to its parking lot.
Christianity Today (2000)
He went crashing into the wire fence of an adjacent building site, but he did not go down.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The two tables were adjacent.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The teams are adjacent in the table, either side of the line that two months hence will distinguish the safe from the sunk.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The boxers are busy changing into red or blue strips in an adjacent room, in which they will be based until their time comes.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Previously, the occupants of our three adjacent houses had got on exceptionally well for 15 years.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
If the food is thicker, heat spreads to adjacent areas, both during and after cooking.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It's a bumpy drive down the old farm track, but the farmer will let you park in the adjacent field.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Other offences considered more serious include parking more than 50cm from the kerb, parking adjacent to a dropped kerb and stopping outside a school.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In other languages
adjacent
British English: adjacent /əˈdʒeɪsnt/ ADJECTIVE
If two things are adjacent, they are next to each other.
He sat in an adjacent room.
American English: adjacent
Arabic: مُجاوِر
Brazilian Portuguese: adjacente
Chinese: 邻近的
Croatian: susjedan
Czech: přilehlý
Danish: tilstødende
Dutch: aangrenzend
European Spanish: adyacente
Finnish: viereinen
French: adjacent
German: angrenzend
Greek: διπλανός
Italian: adiacente
Japanese: 近接した
Korean: 인접한
Norwegian: tilstøtende
Polish: sąsiadujący
European Portuguese: adjacente
Romanian: alăturat
Russian: смежный
Latin American Spanish: adyacente
Swedish: närliggande
Thai: ติดกัน
Turkish: bitişik
Ukrainian: сусідній
Vietnamese: liền kề
Chinese translation of 'adjacent'
adjacent
(əˈdʒeɪsənt)
adj
邻(鄰)近的 (línjìn de)
adjacent to邻(鄰)近 (línjìn)
(adjective)
Definition
near or next
The fire quickly spread to adjacent shops.
Synonyms
adjoining
We waited in an adjoining office.
neighbouring
More parents are sending their children to schools in neighbouring areas.
nearby
At a nearby table a man was complaining in a loud voice.
abutting
Men and women slept in abutting rooms.
Opposites
separated
,
remote
,
distant
,
far away
(preposition)
offices adjacent to the museum
Synonyms
next to
touching
close to
neighbouring
beside
near to
adjoining
bordering on
next door to
abutting
cheek by jowl with
alongside of
contiguous to
within sniffing distance of (informal)
proximate to
Additional synonyms
in the sense of abutting
Men and women slept in abutting rooms.
Synonyms
adjoining,
meeting,
joining,
touching,
bordering,
next to,
verging,
adjacent,
contiguous (formal)
in the sense of nearby
Definition
not far away
At a nearby table a man was complaining in a loud voice.
Synonyms
neighbouring,
adjacent,
adjoining
in the sense of neighbouring
Definition
situated nearby
More parents are sending their children to schools in neighbouring areas.