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adjoining

  • /əˈd͡ʒɔɪ.nɪŋ/ Canada, US, UK
  • /əˈd͡ʒoɪ.nɪŋ/ Australia, New Zealand

Where it comes from

From Middle English ajoinen, from Old French ajoindre, (compare French adjoindre), from Latin adiungō (“join to”), formed from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iungō (“join”).

adjective more adjoining · most adjoining

  1. Being in contact at some point or line; joining to. an adjoining room

    Similar: contiguous, bordering, adjacent

Opposite: separated

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of adjoin

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: adjacent, contiguous, conterminous, abutting, connected, bordering, adjacency, linked, neighbour, neighboring, nearby, near, neighbouring, neighbor, outlying, close

adjective

Opposite: separated

Translations

Every language

adj being in contact at some point

Españolcontiguo, colindante
Portuguêsadjacente
Deutschbenachbart, angrenzend
Italianoadiacente, attiguo
Русскийприлега́ющий prilegájuščij, примыка́ющий primykájuščij

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@misc{adjoining_2026,
  title = {adjoining},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adjoining},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}