adjacent

CEFRC1

/əˈd͡ʒeɪ.sənt/

adjective · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Next to or very near something else.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Just before, after, or facing.

Examples

  • The stadium is adjacent to the school.

  • France is adjacent to Spain.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.

  2. Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.

More examples

In context

  • The planes landed on adjacent runways.

  • Because the conference room is filled, we will have our meeting in the adjacent room.

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:adjacent.

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Origin

adjective

Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“to lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceō (“to lie down”).