adjacent

Words with a similar base: adjacent

'adjacent'

[adjacent.s.01] as in: nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space

Examples:
had adjacent rooms
in the next room
the person sitting next to me
our rooms were side by side

'adjacent'

[adjacent.s.02] as in: having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching

Examples:
Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut
the side of Germany conterminous with France
Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho
neighboring cities

'adjacent'

[adjacent.s.03] as in: near or close to but not necessarily touching

Examples:
lands adjacent to the mountains
New York and adjacent cities

Origins

					adjacent (English)
└── adiacens (Latin)

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