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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ad•join•ing (ə joi′ning),USA pronunciation adj. - being in contact at some point or line;
located next to another;
bordering;
contiguous:the adjoining room; a row of adjoining town houses.
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. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: adjoining /əˈdʒɔɪnɪŋ/ adj - being in contact; connected or neighbouring
ad•join /əˈdʒɔɪn/USA pronunciation v. - to be close to or in contact (with);
abut: [no object]Our rooms in the hotel adjoined.[~ + object]The lobby adjoined the dining room.
ad•join•ing, adj.: Our rooms were adjoining. Please book us into adjoining rooms.See -junc-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ad•join (ə join′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to be close to or in contact with;
abut on:His property adjoins the lake. - to attach or append;
affix.
v.i. - to be in connection or contact:the point where the estates adjoin.
- Middle French ajoindre. See ad-, join
- Middle English a(d)joinen 1275–1325
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: adjoin /əˈdʒɔɪn/ vb - to be next to (an area of land, etc)
- (transitive) followed by to: to join; affix or attach
Etymology: 14th Century: via Old French from Latin adjungere, from ad- to + jungere to join |