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Definition of adjoin in English: adjoinverb əˈdʒɔɪnəˈdʒɔɪn [with object]1Be next to and joined with (a building, room, or piece of land) the dining room adjoins a conservatory Example sentencesExamples - We have a field suitable for his needs, in exchange for which we would have his field, which adjoins our land.
- Backed up against the old stone wall, the building adjoins the main house and faces south across a newly planted garden.
- The kitchen adjoins the dining room and houses another dining area.
- Anyway this juice bar was set up on the sidewalk adjoining another store.
- We spent at least three hours putting everything where instructed in the living room, dining room and kitchen, which adjoined the dining room, separated by a breakfast bar.
- I walked through the briefing room, which adjoined his office.
- A small reception building with offices, reception and a room for tasting adjoins the bottling plant, reasserting a sense of human scale after the magnitude of the industrial spaces.
- An archway leads through to the interconnecting conservatory which adjoins the dining room and has rear garden access.
- The campus adjoins the conservation lands of the Sudbury Valley Trustees and Callahan State Park.
- More unusually, there is an observation deck forward that adjoins this room, ideal when entering or leaving port.
- The garda station adjoins the former mill site, which is the focal point of the Council's development and which they bought from Flahavan's last year.
- The kitchen, which adjoins the dining room, is fitted with a good range of built-in floor and wall presses as well as a breakfast bar, illuminated worktops, a tiled splashback and double sink.
- The family bathroom adjoins this room and includes a bath with shower attachment, part-tiled walls and two large mirrors.
- He presumed they exited through the conference room which adjoined his office and went down the stairwell.
- To the right of the entrance hall lies a drawing room while to the left is the library, which in turn adjoins the dining room.
Synonyms be next to, be adjacent to, border (on), neighbour, verge on, abut, butt up against, butt up to, bound on, be contiguous with, be connected to, communicate with, link up with, extend as far as, extend to join, conjoin, connect with/to, touch, meet connecting, connected, interconnecting, adjacent, abutting, neighbouring, bordering, next-door contiguous, proximate attached, joining, touching, meeting rare conjoining, approximate, vicinal - 1.1technical, archaic Add or join something to.
to them were adjoined branches of trees Example sentencesExamples - In passing from C [x] to R J, we have first adjoined a free variable y, and then decreed that y be the multiplicative inverse of x.
- The development will also adjoin a pub and restaurant, as well as being handy for the shops and other visitor attractions in Pier Road.
Origin Middle English: from Old French ajoindre, from Latin adjungere, from ad- 'to' + jungere 'to join'. Rhymes Boulogne, coign, coin, conjoin, Des Moines, Dordogne, enjoin, groin, groyne, join, loin, purloin, quoin, subjoin Definition of adjoin in US English: adjoinverbəˈdʒɔɪnəˈjoin [with object]Be next to and joined with (a building, room, or piece of land) the dining room adjoins a small library Example sentencesExamples - A small reception building with offices, reception and a room for tasting adjoins the bottling plant, reasserting a sense of human scale after the magnitude of the industrial spaces.
- The garda station adjoins the former mill site, which is the focal point of the Council's development and which they bought from Flahavan's last year.
- I walked through the briefing room, which adjoined his office.
- We spent at least three hours putting everything where instructed in the living room, dining room and kitchen, which adjoined the dining room, separated by a breakfast bar.
- He presumed they exited through the conference room which adjoined his office and went down the stairwell.
- The kitchen, which adjoins the dining room, is fitted with a good range of built-in floor and wall presses as well as a breakfast bar, illuminated worktops, a tiled splashback and double sink.
- To the right of the entrance hall lies a drawing room while to the left is the library, which in turn adjoins the dining room.
- We have a field suitable for his needs, in exchange for which we would have his field, which adjoins our land.
- The campus adjoins the conservation lands of the Sudbury Valley Trustees and Callahan State Park.
- The family bathroom adjoins this room and includes a bath with shower attachment, part-tiled walls and two large mirrors.
- Anyway this juice bar was set up on the sidewalk adjoining another store.
- More unusually, there is an observation deck forward that adjoins this room, ideal when entering or leaving port.
- Backed up against the old stone wall, the building adjoins the main house and faces south across a newly planted garden.
- An archway leads through to the interconnecting conservatory which adjoins the dining room and has rear garden access.
- The kitchen adjoins the dining room and houses another dining area.
Synonyms be next to, be adjacent to, border, border on, neighbour, verge on, abut, butt up against, butt up to, bound on, be contiguous with, be connected to, communicate with, link up with, extend as far as, extend to connecting, connected, interconnecting, adjacent, abutting, neighbouring, bordering, next-door
Origin Middle English: from Old French ajoindre, from Latin adjungere, from ad- ‘to’ + jungere ‘to join’. |