单词 | neighboring |
释义 | neighboring (once / 489 pages) adj An object that's neighboring is right next to something else. Neighboring countries share a common border, and neighboring cars are parked side-by-side. In a restaurant, if someone at the neighboring table starts telling terrible jokes, you'll have to listen, since they're adjacent to your table. And if you live in Maine, New Hampshire is the only neighboring state. The adjective neighboring comes from the verb form of neighbor, which is rooted in the Old English words neah, "near," and gebur, "dweller." WORD FAMILYneighbor: neighbored, neighborhood, neighboring, neighborly, neighbors+/neighborhood: neighborhoods/neighborly: neighborliness, unneighborly/unneighborly: unneighborliness USAGE EXAMPLESFleeing the prospect of a tough race, Forbes ran in the neighboring Republican district, anchored by Virginia Beach. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Would any nation in its right mind support the positions of a neighboring entity calling for the nation’s destruction? Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Israel’s military conquered the West Bank in a matter of days 50 years ago this June in a war against neighboring Arab states. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) adj having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching neighboring cities Syn adjacent, conterminous, contiguous connected joined or linked together |
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