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adjacent
- /əˈd͡ʒeɪ.sənt/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“to lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceō (“to lie down”).
adjective
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Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
Because the conference room is filled, we will have our meeting in the adjacent room.
Similar: abutting, adjoining, contiguous, juxtaposed, near, conterminous · Opposite: apart, distant, nonadjacent
- Just before, after, or facing. The picture is on the adjacent page.
- Related to; suggestive of; bordering on. It would be false to suggest CBD is nothing more than an obsession for reiki-adjacent bicoastal millennials.
noun adjacents
- Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite. Again, the key colors have twice the area of the adjacents.
preposition
- Next to; beside. The house adjacent to the school was demolished.
- Related to; suggestive of; bordering on. While Amazon has increasingly become a one-stop shop for some people, we’re also seeing a large proliferation of online companies looking to connect with users wherever they happen to be spending the most time, whether that’s on a social media platform, or on a site that caters to interests adjacent
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: adjoining, contiguous, next, conterminous, abutting, near, connected, close, bordering, adjacency, vicinity, proximity, proximate, neighbour, neighboring, parallel
Translations
Every language
adj lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
| Español | adyacente, colindante, contiguo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 隣接 |
| 中文 | 鄰近的 /邻近的 línjìn de, 毗鄰的 /毗邻的 pílín de |
| Português | adjacente |
| Français | adjacent |
| Deutsch | daneben, anliegend, benachbart, adjazent |
| Italiano | adiacente |
| Română | adiacent |
| Русский | сосе́дний sosédnij, прилега́ющий prilegájuščij, примыка́ющий primykájuščij |
| Tiếng Việt | bên cạnh, liền, nối |
| العربية | مُجَاوِر mujāwir |
adj just before, after, or facing
| Português | adjacente |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | umliegend, nachfolgend, darauffolgend |
| Italiano | adiacente |
| Русский | сосе́дний sosédnij, прилега́ющий prilegájuščij |
| Tiếng Việt | liền |
| العربية | مُجَاوِر mujāwir |
Talk about this word "adjacent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/adjacent. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026. adjacent. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/adjacent "adjacent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 5, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/adjacent.Cite this
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title = {adjacent},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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