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adjoin
adjoinclose to or in contact with: The island nearly adjoins the mainland.; attach; affix Not to be confused with:adjourn – postpone; suspend a meeting to a future time: adjourn the court; to go to another place: They will adjourn to the bar after the last seminar.adjunct – appendix, supplement; an aide, attaché, or assistant: an adjunct to the consulad·join A0089100 (ə-join′)v. ad·joined, ad·join·ing, ad·joins v.tr.1. To be next to; be contiguous to: property that adjoins ours.2. To attach: "I do adjoin a copy of the letter that I have received" (John Fowles).v.intr. To be contiguous. [Middle English ajoinen, from Old French ajoindre, ajoin-, from Latin adiungere, to join to : ad-, ad- + iungere, to join; see yeug- in Indo-European roots.]adjoin (əˈdʒɔɪn) vb1. to be next to (an area of land, etc)2. (foll by: to) to join; affix or attach[C14: via Old French from Latin adjungere, from ad- to + jungere to join]ad•join (əˈdʒɔɪn) v.t. 1. to be close to or in contact with; abut. 2. to attach or append; affix. v.i. 3. to be in connection or contact. [1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French ajoindre. See ad-, join] adjoin Past participle: adjoined Gerund: adjoining
Present |
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I adjoin | you adjoin | he/she/it adjoins | we adjoin | you adjoin | they adjoin |
Preterite |
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I adjoined | you adjoined | he/she/it adjoined | we adjoined | you adjoined | they adjoined |
Present Continuous |
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I am adjoining | you are adjoining | he/she/it is adjoining | we are adjoining | you are adjoining | they are adjoining |
Present Perfect |
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I have adjoined | you have adjoined | he/she/it has adjoined | we have adjoined | you have adjoined | they have adjoined |
Past Continuous |
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I was adjoining | you were adjoining | he/she/it was adjoining | we were adjoining | you were adjoining | they were adjoining |
Past Perfect |
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I had adjoined | you had adjoined | he/she/it had adjoined | we had adjoined | you had adjoined | they had adjoined |
Future |
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I will adjoin | you will adjoin | he/she/it will adjoin | we will adjoin | you will adjoin | they will adjoin |
Future Perfect |
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I will have adjoined | you will have adjoined | he/she/it will have adjoined | we will have adjoined | you will have adjoined | they will have adjoined |
Future Continuous |
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I will be adjoining | you will be adjoining | he/she/it will be adjoining | we will be adjoining | you will be adjoining | they will be adjoining |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been adjoining | you have been adjoining | he/she/it has been adjoining | we have been adjoining | you have been adjoining | they have been adjoining |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been adjoining | you will have been adjoining | he/she/it will have been adjoining | we will have been adjoining | you will have been adjoining | they will have been adjoining |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been adjoining | you had been adjoining | he/she/it had been adjoining | we had been adjoining | you had been adjoining | they had been adjoining |
Conditional |
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I would adjoin | you would adjoin | he/she/it would adjoin | we would adjoin | you would adjoin | they would adjoin |
Past Conditional |
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I would have adjoined | you would have adjoined | he/she/it would have adjoined | we would have adjoined | you would have adjoined | they would have adjoined | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | adjoin - lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"butt, butt against, butt on, abut, edge, border, marchadjoin, contact, touch, meet - be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"neighbor, neighbour - be located near or adjacent to; "Pakistan neighbors India" | | 2. | adjoin - be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"contact, touch, meetspread over, cover - form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave"cling, cohere, adhere, cleave, stick - come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"scratch, fray, rub, chafe, fret - cause friction; "my sweater scratches"attach - be attached; be in contact withhug - fit closely or tightly; "The dress hugged her hips"butt, butt against, butt on, abut, adjoin, edge, border, march - lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"border, environ, surround, skirt, ring - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"lean against, lean on, rest on - rest on for support; "you can lean on me if you get tired"converge, meet - be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point" | | 3. | adjoin - attach or add; "I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter"add - make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table" |
adjoinverb connect with or to, join, neighbour (on), link with, attach to, combine with, couple with, communicate with, touch on, border on, annex, approximate, unite with, verge on, impinge on, append, affix to, interconnect with Fields adjoined the garden and there were no neighbours.adjoinverbTo be contiguous or next to:abut, border, bound, butt, join, meet, neighbor, touch, verge.Translationsadjoin (əˈdʒoin) verb to be next to or joined to. His house adjoins the hotel. 毗鄰,緊鄰 毗邻FinancialSeeadjoiningadjoin
Synonyms for adjoinverb connect with or toSynonyms- connect with or to
- join
- neighbour (on)
- link with
- attach to
- combine with
- couple with
- communicate with
- touch on
- border on
- annex
- approximate
- unite with
- verge on
- impinge on
- append
- affix to
- interconnect with
Synonyms for adjoinverb to be contiguous or next toSynonyms- abut
- border
- bound
- butt
- join
- meet
- neighbor
- touch
- verge
Synonyms for adjoinverb lie adjacent to another or share a boundarySynonyms- butt
- butt against
- butt on
- abut
- edge
- border
- march
Related Words- adjoin
- contact
- touch
- meet
- neighbor
- neighbour
verb be in direct physical contact withSynonymsRelated Words- spread over
- cover
- cling
- cohere
- adhere
- cleave
- stick
- scratch
- fray
- rub
- chafe
- fret
- attach
- hug
- butt
- butt against
- butt on
- abut
- adjoin
- edge
- border
- march
- environ
- surround
- skirt
- ring
- lean against
- lean on
- rest on
- converge
- meet
verb attach or addRelated Words |