adjoining

[ uh-joi-ning ]

/ əˈdʒɔɪ nɪŋ /

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adjective

being in contact at some point or line; located next to another; bordering; contiguous: the adjoining room; a row of adjoining town houses.

Origin of adjoining

First recorded in 1485–95; adjoin + -ing²

ANTONYMS FOR adjoining

separated.

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synonym study for adjoining

Adjoining, adjacent, bordering all mean near or close to something. Adjoining implies touching, having a common point or line: an adjoining yard. Adjacent implies being nearby or next to something else: all the adjacent houses; adjacent angles. Bordering means having a common boundary with something: the farm bordering on the river.

OTHER WORDS FROM adjoining

non·ad·join·ing, adjectiveun·ad·join·ing, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH adjoining

adjacent, adjoining (see synonym study at the current entry)

Words nearby adjoining

adjective phrase, adjective pronoun, adjectivize, adjigo, adjoin, adjoining, adjoint, adjoint differential equation, adjourn, adjournment, adjt.

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Example sentences from the Web for adjoining

Exploitation of trafficking victims may be most acute in conflict and adjoining regions, but it is not confined to these areas.
ISIS, Boko Haram, and the Growing Role of Human Trafficking in 21st Century Terrorism|Louise I. Shelley|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Which is why in 1961, the distillery finally decided to purchase the estate and its adjoining home.
Ester Elchies, The Estate Built By Whiskey||December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Four people in adjoining houses had died, the only fatalities.
Life Under Air Strikes: Children Under Fire Will Never Forget — or Forgive|Clive Irving|August 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
La Teresita also has an adjoining cafeteria where you can head for an informal buffet and heaping piles of Cuban delicacies.
Eat Your Way Through Tampa’s Cuban Oasis|Starbucks|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Orange robe-clad monks from the adjoining Buddhist temple oversee the morbid sculpture park.
Welcome to Buddhist Hell|Nina Strochlic|January 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He led her into an adjoining room, leaving Mrs. Yeobright by the fire.
Return of the Native|Thomas Hardy
The buildings were immediately destroyed, together with a magazine, which was unexpectedly found in the adjoining village.
Narrative of the Voyages and Services of the Nemesis from 1840 to 1843|William Hutcheon Hall
The adjoining house (No. 22) is 14th century, and probably dates back to about the end of the reign of Philippe-le-Bel.
Rheims and the Battles for its Possession|Various
The animal headed through a gap in an old fence and started across an adjoining pasture which contained a shallow muddy pond.
Ticktock and Jim|Keith Robertson
The interchange of adjoining metrically and grammatically equivalent substantives is very common.
The Last Poems of Ovid|Ovid

British Dictionary definitions for adjoining

adjoining

/ (əˈdʒɔɪnɪŋ) /

adjective

being in contact; connected or neighbouring

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单词	adjoining
释义	adjoining [ uh-joi-ning ] / əˈdʒɔɪ nɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR adjoining ON THESAURUS.COM adjective being in contact at some point or line; located next to another; bordering; contiguous: the adjoining room; a row of adjoining town houses. Origin of adjoining First recorded in 1485–95; adjoin + -ing² ANTONYMS FOR adjoining separated. SEE ANTONYMS FOR adjoining ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for adjoining Adjoining, adjacent, bordering all mean near or close to something. Adjoining implies touching, having a common point or line: an adjoining yard. Adjacent implies being nearby or next to something else: all the adjacent houses; adjacent angles. Bordering means having a common boundary with something: the farm bordering on the river. OTHER WORDS FROM adjoining non·ad·join·ing, adjectiveun·ad·join·ing, adjective WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH adjoining adjacent, adjoining (see synonym study at the current entry) Words nearby adjoining adjective phrase, adjective pronoun, adjectivize, adjigo, adjoin, adjoining, adjoint, adjoint differential equation, adjourn, adjournment, adjt. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for adjoining Exploitation of trafficking victims may be most acute in conflict and adjoining regions, but it is not confined to these areas. ISIS, Boko Haram, and the Growing Role of Human Trafficking in 21st Century Terrorism\|Louise I. Shelley\|December 26, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Which is why in 1961, the distillery finally decided to purchase the estate and its adjoining home. Ester Elchies, The Estate Built By Whiskey\|\|December 10, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Four people in adjoining houses had died, the only fatalities. Life Under Air Strikes: Children Under Fire Will Never Forget — or Forgive\|Clive Irving\|August 3, 2014\|DAILY BEAST La Teresita also has an adjoining cafeteria where you can head for an informal buffet and heaping piles of Cuban delicacies. Eat Your Way Through Tampa’s Cuban Oasis\|Starbucks\|July 10, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Orange robe-clad monks from the adjoining Buddhist temple oversee the morbid sculpture park. Welcome to Buddhist Hell\|Nina Strochlic\|January 23, 2014\|DAILY BEAST He led her into an adjoining room, leaving Mrs. Yeobright by the fire. Return of the Native\|Thomas Hardy The buildings were immediately destroyed, together with a magazine, which was unexpectedly found in the adjoining village. Narrative of the Voyages and Services of the Nemesis from 1840 to 1843\|William Hutcheon Hall The adjoining house (No. 22) is 14th century, and probably dates back to about the end of the reign of Philippe-le-Bel. Rheims and the Battles for its Possession\|Various The animal headed through a gap in an old fence and started across an adjoining pasture which contained a shallow muddy pond. Ticktock and Jim\|Keith Robertson The interchange of adjoining metrically and grammatically equivalent substantives is very common. The Last Poems of Ovid\|Ovid British Dictionary definitions for adjoining adjoining / (əˈdʒɔɪnɪŋ) / adjective being in contact; connected or neighbouring Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to adjoining neighboring, contiguous, adjacent, joined, near, touching, connecting, interconnecting, abutting, impinging, juxtaposed, verging, joining, conterminous, approximal, coterminous, next door
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adjoining

adjective

Origin of adjoining

ANTONYMS FOR adjoining

synonym study for adjoining

OTHER WORDS FROM adjoining

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH adjoining

Words nearby adjoining

Example sentences from the Web for adjoining

British Dictionary definitions for adjoining

adjective

Words related to adjoining