adjoin
/əˈd͡ʒɔɪn/
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Australia/əˈd͡ʒoɪn/
adjoin verb: to share a common boundary or border with; to be physically contiguous to (a piece of land or property).
Verb
adjoin (third-person singular simple present adjoins, present participle adjoining, simple past and past participle adjoined)
- To share a common boundary or border with; to be physically contiguous to (a piece of land or property).
- The living room and dining room adjoin each other.
- It's at this point that these three neighbourhoods adjoin.
- To extend an algebraic object (e.g. a field, a ring, etc.) by adding to it an element not belonging to it and then ensuring closure, for example by also adding all finite power series of the element.
- The ring adjunction #92;mathbb#123;Q#125;#91;#92;sqrt#123;2#125;#93; can be obtained from #92;mathbb#123;Q#125; by adjoining #92;sqrt#123;2#125; to #92;mathbb#123;Q#125;.
- The field adjunction #92;mathbb#123;Q#125;(#92;pi) can be obtained from #92;mathbb#123;Q#125; by adjoining #92;pi to #92;mathbb#123;Q#125;.
adjoin meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
adjoin in Hindi
- to adjoin, be adjacent to
- सटना saṭnā
adjoin in Tamil
- அடுத்திரு, அடுத்துள்ள, சார்ந்திரு, சார்ந்துள்ள, அடுத்திணைந்த
adjoin in Urdu
- اضافہ کرنا, لگا دینا, ملانا, ملحقہ کرنا
adjoin in Bengali
- সংলগ্ন হওয়া
More languagesFewer languages
- adjoin in Malayalam
- ചേർക്കുക, തൊട്ടിരിക്കുക, സന്ധിക്കുക
Examples of adjoin in a sentence
- '[…] The land was so very desirable for me in every respect, so immediately adjoining my own property, that I felt it my duty to buy it. […]'1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XI, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas]...
- We were in the living area, which adjoins the kitchen.2013, Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Project, →ISBN, page 55:
Forms of adjoin
| third-person singular present | adjoins |
|---|---|
| present participle | adjoining |
| past participle | adjoined |
| past | adjoined |
Origin of adjoin
From Anglo-Norman adjoindre, from Latin adiungō.
Words formed from adjoin
Words that rhyme with adjoin
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Questions about adjoin
- What does adjoin mean?
- Adjoin means to share a common boundary or border with; to be physically contiguous to (a piece of land or property).
- What is adjoin in Hindi?
- Adjoin in Hindi is सटना (saṭnā). See Adjoin meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use adjoin in a sentence?
- '[…] The land was so very desirable for me in every respect, so immediately adjoining my own property, that I felt it my duty to buy it. […]'
- What part of speech is adjoin?
- Adjoin is a verb.
- How do you pronounce adjoin?
- Adjoin is pronounced /əˈd͡ʒɔɪn/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of adjoin?
- The past tense of adjoin is adjoined.
Words near adjoin in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: adjoin (page history and authors); सटना (Hindi) (page history and authors); adjoin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adjoin (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adjoin (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adjoin (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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