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adjoining

UK/əˈd͡ʒɔɪ.nɪŋ/

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Australia/əˈd͡ʒoɪ.nɪŋ/

adjoining adjective: being in contact at some point or line; joining to. Also the present participle and gerund of adjoin.

Adjective

adjoining (comparative more adjoining, superlative most adjoining)

  1. Being in contact at some point or line; joining to.
    • an adjoining room
    • 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."1902, Robert B. Ross, editor, History of the Knaggs family of Ohio and Michigan, retrieved 22 Jul 2013, page 46

Also used as

adjoining is also the present participle and gerund of adjoin.

Examples of adjoining in a sentence

  • The prisoner knocked out a message on the wall for the prisoner in the adjoining cell.
  • Various European countries transferred the aviation control of their adjoining airspace to Eurocontrol, while each retaining legal jurisdiction.
  • The owners of the adjoining plots had conflicting surveys.

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Synonyms of adjoining

Antonyms

Forms of adjoining

comparativemore adjoining
superlativemost adjoining

Origin of adjoining

From Middle English ajoinen, from Old French ajoindre, (compare French adjoindre), from Latin adiungō (“join to”), formed from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iungō (“join”).

Questions about adjoining

What does adjoining mean?
Adjoining means being in contact at some point or line; joining to.
What part of speech is adjoining?
Adjoining is an adjective.
How do you pronounce adjoining?
Adjoining is pronounced /əˈd͡ʒɔɪ.nɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near adjoining in the dictionary

  1. adjoin
  2. adjoinant
  3. adjoined
  4. adjoinedly
  5. adjoineth
  6. adjoining
  7. adjoins
  8. adjoint
  9. adjoint functor
  10. adjoint functors
  11. adjointable

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