adjoining
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”).
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AdjectiveEdit
adjoining (comparative more adjoining, superlative most adjoining)
- Being in contact at some point or line; joining to
- an adjoining room
- Synonyms: contiguous, bordering
- 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."
- 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
- He had contemplated Pym in all the stages he had grown up with him, drunk with him and worked with him, including a night in Berlin he had totally forgotten until now when they had ended up screwing a couple of army nurses in adjoining rooms.
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TranslationsEdit
being in contact at some point
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VerbEdit
adjoining