adjoin
/əˈdʒɔɪn
/verb [with object]
1Be next to and joined with (a building, room, or piece of land): the dining room adjoins a conservatory...
- I walked through the briefing room, which adjoined his office.
- He presumed they exited through the conference room which adjoined his office and went down the stairwell.
- An archway leads through to the interconnecting conservatory which adjoins the dining room and has rear garden access.
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
1.1 archaic or technical Add or join something to: to them were adjoined branches of trees...
- 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'.