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adjacent


 
  Overview  of  adj  adjacent 
 
  The  adj  adjacent  has  3  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (4)  adjacent,  next  side  by  side  --  (nearest  in  space  or  position;  immediately  adjoining  without  intervening  space;  "had  adjacent  rooms";  "in  the  next  room";  "the  person  sitting  next  to  me";  "our  rooms  were  side  by  side") 
  2.  (2)  abutting,  adjacent,  adjoining,  bordering,  conterminous,  contiguous  --  (having  a  common  boundary  or  edge;  touching;  "abutting  lots";  "adjoining  rooms";  "Rhode  Island  has  two  bordering  states;  Massachusetts  and  Conncecticut";  "the  side  of  Germany  conterminous  with  France";  "Utah  and  the  contiguous  state  of  Idaho") 
  3.  (1)  adjacent  --  (near  or  close  to  but  not  necessarily  touching;  "lands  adjacent  to  the  mountains";  "New  York  and  adjacent  cities") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  adjacent 
 
  3  senses  of  adjacent 
 
  Sense  1 
  adjacent,  next  side  by  side(prenominal) 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  close)  ->  distant 
 
  Sense  2 
  abutting,  adjacent,  adjoining,  bordering(postnominal),  conterminous,  contiguous 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  connected)  ->  unconnected 
 
  Sense  3 
  adjacent 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  near)  ->  far 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  adjacent 
 
  3  senses  of  adjacent 
 
  Sense  1 
  adjacent,  next  side  by  side(prenominal) 
  =>  close  (vs.  distant) 
 
  Sense  2 
  abutting,  adjacent,  adjoining,  bordering(postnominal),  conterminous,  contiguous 
  =>  connected  (vs.  unconnected) 
 
  Sense  3 
  adjacent 
  =>  near  (vs.  far),  close 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  adjacent 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  adjacent 
 
  adjacent  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  adjacent 
  adjacent 
  nonadjacent 
 
  Overview  of  adj  adjacent 
 
  The  adj  adjacent  has  3  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (4)  adjacent,  next  side  by  side  --  (nearest  in  space  or  position;  immediately  adjoining  without  intervening  space;  "had  adjacent  rooms";  "in  the  next  room";  "the  person  sitting  next  to  me";  "our  rooms  were  side  by  side") 
  2.  (2)  abutting,  adjacent,  adjoining,  bordering,  conterminous,  contiguous  --  (having  a  common  boundary  or  edge;  touching;  "abutting  lots";  "adjoining  rooms";  "Rhode  Island  has  two  bordering  states;  Massachusetts  and  Conncecticut";  "the  side  of  Germany  conterminous  with  France";  "Utah  and  the  contiguous  state  of  Idaho") 
  3.  (1)  adjacent  --  (near  or  close  to  but  not  necessarily  touching;  "lands  adjacent  to  the  mountains";  "New  York  and  adjacent  cities") 



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