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We can build new housing while preserving the quality and character of adjacent residential districts and ensuring infill development strengthens the surrounding neighborhood.
Gavin Newsom

Meaning of "adjacent" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ADJACENT

From Latin adjacēre to lie next to, from ad- near + jacēre to lie.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ADJACENT

adjacent  [əˈdʒeɪsənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ADJACENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Adjacent can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ADJACENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Adjacent

Adjacent or adjacency may refer to: ▪ Adjacent, two vertices that are the endpoints of an edge in a graph ▪ Adjacent, a conjunct step to a note which is next in the scale...

Definition of adjacent in the English dictionary

The first definition of adjacent in the dictionary is being near or close, esp having a common boundary; adjoining; contiguous. Other definition of adjacent is joined by a common edge. Adjacent is also meeting at a common vertex.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ADJACENT


adnascent
ædˈneɪsənt
beneficent
bɪˈnɛfɪsənt
circumjacent
ˌsɜːkəmˈdʒeɪsənt
coadjacent
ˌkəʊəˈdʒeɪsənt
complacent
kəmˈpleɪsənt
interjacent
ˌɪntəˈdʒeɪsənt
jacent
ˈdʒeɪsənt
magnificent
mæɡˈnɪfɪsənt
maleficent
məˈlɛfɪsənt
munificent
mjuːˈnɪfɪsənt
naissant
ˈneɪsənt
nonadjacent
ˌnɒnəˈdʒeɪsənt
obeisant
əʊˈbeɪsənt
puissant
ˈpjuːɪsənt
reminiscent
ˌrɛmɪˈnɪsənt
reticent
ˈrɛtɪsənt
Stuyvesant
ˈstaɪvɪsənt
subjacent
sʌbˈdʒeɪsənt
superjacent
ˌsuːpəˈdʒeɪsənt
uncomplacent
ˌʌnkəmˈpleɪsənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ADJACENT

adj.
adjacence
adjacency
adjacent angles
adjacently
adjectival
adjectivally
adjective
adjectively
adjigo
adjoin
adjoining
adjoint
adjourn
adjournment
adjournment debate
Adjt
adjudge
adjudgement
adjudgment

WORDS THAT END LIKE ADJACENT

accent
adolescent
ascent
cent
crescent
decent
descent
fluorescent
incandescent
indecent
innocent
line of descent
lucent
per cent
recent
Red Crescent
Saint Vincent
scent
translucent
Vincent

Synonyms and antonyms of adjacent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ADJACENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «adjacent» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of adjacent

Translation of «adjacent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ADJACENT

Find out the translation of adjacent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of adjacent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «adjacent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

邻近的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

adyacente
570 millions of speakers

English

adjacent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आसन्न
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُجاوِر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

смежный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

adjacente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সংলগ্ন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

adjacent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersebelahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

angrenzend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

近接した
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

인접한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jejer
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

liền kề
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடுத்தடுத்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समीप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bitişik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

adiacente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sąsiadujący
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сусідній
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

alăturat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διπλανός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aangrensende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

närliggande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tilstøtende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of adjacent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ADJACENT»

The term «adjacent» is very widely used and occupies the 9.997 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ADJACENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «adjacent» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «adjacent» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about adjacent

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7 QUOTES WITH «ADJACENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word adjacent.
1
Chester A. Arthur
The countries of the American continent and the adjacent islands are for the United States the natural marts of supply and demand.
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Arnon Goldfinger
We lived in the provincial town of Ramat Gan where I spent most of my youth adjacent to the chess board.
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Stefan Hell
Eventually I realised there must be a way by playing with the molecules; trying to turn the molecules on and off allows you to see adjacent things you couldn't see before.
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Steven Johnson
If we didn't have genetic mutations, we wouldn't have us. You need error to open the door to the adjacent possible.
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Jack Lynch
We have, therefore, directed the Irish Army authorities to have field hospitals established in County Donegal adjacent to Derry and at other points along the Border where they may be necessary.
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Gavin Newsom
We can build new housing while preserving the quality and character of adjacent residential districts and ensuring infill development strengthens the surrounding neighborhood.
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Alex Shoumatoff
In 1990, my wife and I were married in her village in southwestern Uganda. The festivities went on for three days, and all the while a couple of dozen gray-crowned cranes, with regal bonnets of sun-shot yellow feathers, were pecking and padding around in the adjacent savanna.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADJACENT»

Discover the use of adjacent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to adjacent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Adjacent Areas: ...
This practical field guide contains detailed annotations for easy identification of all of Mexico's regular species.
Ernest Preston Edwards, 1998
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Adjacent to the Argonauts
With echoes of Jerome K. Jerome’s ‘Three Men in a Boat’, Adjacent to the Argonauts is a humorous sailor’s yarn written both for the Old Salt and Landlubber, and which also combines many characteristics of a guide-book.
Julian Blatchley, 2010
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Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands: A Systematic Synopsis
"Completely revised edition of the work published in 1982. A guide to native and naturalized plants, classified by family, genus and species."
Alain H. Liogier, Luis F. Martorell, 2000
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Petroleum Geology of the Irish Sea and Adjacent Areas
This text provides a snap-shot of current understanding on the petroleum geology of the East Irish Sea and adjacent areas.
Neil S. Meadows, 1997
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Ports in Proximity: Competition and Coordination Among ...
Ports in Proximity provides an overview of key contemporary research in the field through a broad range of international case studies.
Theo Notteboom, César Ducruet, Peter W. de Langen, 2009
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A Field Guide to the Birds of Texas: And Adjacent States
All the birds of Texas and most of those found in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana are illustrated here in 60 plates that show key features.
Roger Tory Peterson, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998
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A Carver Policy Governance Guide, Adjacent Leadership Roles: ...
This guide reveals the two important and separate functions that are key to enabling both governance and management to have the benefit of optimal leadership.
John Carver, Miriam Carver, 2009
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Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands: ...
These work contains a compilation of descriptions for the flowering plants of the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico and adjacent smaller islands.
Alain H. Liogier, 1995
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Avoiding Effects of OFDM Adjacent Channel Interference by ...
Master's Thesis from the year 2008 in the subject Engineering - Communication Technology, grade: erfolgreich bestanden, Keio University (Graduate school of Science and Technology - School of Science for Open and Environmental Systems), ...
Le Tien Anh, 2009
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Adjacent Precast Concrete Box Beam Bridges: Connection Details
At head of title: National Cooperative Highway Research Program.
H. G. Russell, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADJACENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term adjacent is used in the context of the following news items.
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Verulam Golf Club offering to give adjacent land for housing
Verulam Golf Club offering to give adjacent land for housing. 06:00 05 July 2015. Debbie White. The entrance to Verulam Golf Club. Archant. Could the St ... «Herts Advertiser, Jul 15»
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Adjacent villages' calls to prayer confuse residents about iftar timings
The residents of the Fevzi Çakmak neighborhood in the Çiçekdağı district of the central province of Kırşehir, which is close to Yozgat's Yerköy ... «Daily Sabah, Jul 15»
3
Tips for finding adjacent airline seats without paying extra
Airlines say their gate agents try to help family members without adjacent seats sit together, especially people flying with small children. «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
4
Market Square leases adjacent city land
07/02/2015 - With a vote of 4-1 on Monday, June 29, Birmingham Commissioners approved a resolution of a ground lease between the city of Birmingham and ... «Downtown: Birmingham/Bloomfield news magazine, Jul 15»
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Book Review: 'Hiking Southwest Utah and Adjacent Areas: Volume …
This hiking guide, written by local author Tom Garrison, is a great resource for those wishing to explore southwest Utah hiking trails. It provides ... «The Independent | SUindependent.com, Jul 15»
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Port Vale owner looking to purchase adjacent land
Vale owner Norman Smurthwaite says he is interested in buying the site of the former Co-Op store next to Vale Park. Purchasing the land would ... «onevalefan.co.uk, Jul 15»
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LightSquared Launches GPS Receiver Tests while Adjacent Band …
The Adjacent-Band Compatibility (ABC) Assessment will test a wide range of receivers to determine a mask, that is, a listing of the power levels ... «Inside GNSS, Jul 15»
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Bhau Daji Lad museum expansion: MNS pitches new design that …
After opposing the proposed expansion of Bhau Daji Lad Museum in Byculla on the grounds that the expansion plan will result in the adjacent ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
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Brooks Rehab snaps up land adjacent to its University Boulevard …
Brooks Rehabilitation has bought a plot of land adjacent to its University Boulevard South facility for $3.3 million, according to records filed with ... «Jacksonville Business Journal, Jun 15»
10
Wendy's franchise buys adjacent lot for parking
ASHTABULA — The owners of a Wendy's franchise have purchased .13 acres of land adjacent to their West Prospect Road restaurant to help ... «The Star Beacon, Jun 15»

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