adjoining

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• (US) IPA^(key): /ʌˈd͡ʒɔɪn.ɪŋ/

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AdjectiveEdit

adjoining ‎(comparative more adjoining, superlative most adjoining)

1. Being in contact at some point or line; joining to; contiguous; bordering: an adjoining room.
   • 1902, Robert B. Ross (ed.), History of the Knaggs family of Ohio and Michigan^[1], retrieved 2013-07-22, page 46:

     The location was described to be "on the lower side of the river, adjoining land owned by Whitmore Knaggs and on the upper side by lands not yet granted."

SynonymsEdit

• adjacent
• bordering

AntonymsEdit

• separated

TranslationsEdit

being in contact at some point

• Dutch: naburig (nl)
• German: benachbart (de), angrenzend (de)
• Italian: adiacente (it), attiguo (it)
• Portuguese: adjacente (pt) m, f
• Russian: прилега́ющий (ru) ‎(prilegájuščij), примыка́ющий (ru) ‎(primykájuščij)

• Slovene: sosednji
• Spanish: contiguo (es), colindante
• Swedish: angränsande (sv)

VerbEdit

adjoining

1. present participle of adjoin