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As is natural with contiguous states having like institutions and like aims of advancement and development, the friendship of the United States and Mexico has been constantly maintained.
Chester A. Arthur

Meaning of "contiguous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONTIGUOUS

From Latin contiguus, from contingere to touch.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CONTIGUOUS

contiguous  [kənˈtɪɡjʊəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTIGUOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Contiguous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CONTIGUOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Contiguity

A contiguity is a continuous mass, or a series of things in contact or in proximity. In a different meaning, contiguity is the state of being contiguous. The concept was first set out in the Law of Contiguity which states that things that occur near each other in time or space are readily associated.

Definition of contiguous in the English dictionary

The first definition of contiguous in the dictionary is touching along the side or boundary; in contact. Other definition of contiguous is physically adjacent; neighbouring. Contiguous is also preceding or following in time.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONTIGUOUS


ambiguous
æmˈbɪɡjʊəs
arduous
ˈɑːdjʊəs
conspicuous
kənˈspɪkjʊəs
continuous
kənˈtɪnjʊəs
deciduous
dɪˈsɪdjʊəs
discontiguous
ˌdɪskənˈtɪɡjʊəs
discontinuous
ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjʊəs
exiguous
ɪɡˈzɪɡjʊəs
incontiguous
ˌɪnkənˈtɪɡjʊəs
irriguous
ɪˈrɪɡjʊəs
nonambiguous
ˌnɒnæmˈbɪɡjʊəs
noncontiguous
ˌnɒnkənˈtɪɡjʊəs
sensuous
ˈsɛnsjʊəs
strenuous
ˈstrɛnjʊəs
subcontiguous
ˌsʌbkənˈtɪɡjʊəs
sumptuous
ˈsʌmptjʊəs
tenuous
ˈtɛnjʊəs
tumultuous
tjuːˈmʌltjʊəs
unambiguous
ˌʌnæmˈbɪɡjʊəs
voluptuous
vəˈlʌptjʊəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTIGUOUS

conticent
contignation
contiguity
contiguously
contiguousness
continence
continency
continent
Continental
continental breakfast
continental climate
Continental Congress
continental crust
continental divide
continental drift
continental glacier
continental quilt
continental shelf
continental shield

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTIGUOUS

assiduous
congruous
contemptuous
disingenuous
fatuous
impetuous
incestuous
incongruous
inconspicuous
innocuous
mellifluous
perspicuous
presumptuous
sinuous
superfluous
tempestuous
tortuous
unctuous
vacuous
virtuous

Synonyms and antonyms of contiguous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CONTIGUOUS»

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

Translation of «contiguous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONTIGUOUS

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

Translator English - Chinese

连续
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contigua
570 millions of speakers

English

contiguous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सन्निहित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متجاورة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

смежными
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contígua
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সংলগ্ন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contigu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersebelahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zusammenhängenden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

隣接する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

연속
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cedhak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiếp giáp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொடர்ச்சியான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जवळचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bitişik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contiguo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przyległe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

суміжними
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

contiguă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συνεχόμενο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aangrensende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sammanhängande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sammenhengende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of contiguous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTIGUOUS»

The term «contiguous» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.564 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTIGUOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «contiguous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «contiguous» 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 contiguous

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2 QUOTES WITH «CONTIGUOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word contiguous.
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Chester A. Arthur
As is natural with contiguous states having like institutions and like aims of advancement and development, the friendship of the United States and Mexico has been constantly maintained.
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Isaac D'Israeli
All is extremely genteel; and there is almost as much repose as in the golden saloons of the contiguous palaces. At any rate, if there be as much vice, there is as little crime.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTIGUOUS»

Discover the use of contiguous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to contiguous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A History of Middle New River Settlements and Contiguous ...
David E. Johnston. Wheat of Ohio, Attorney General. The General Assembly met in pursuance of the ordinance of the convention at Wheeling on the 1st day of July. The session was held at the custom house, where the Governor had already  ...
David E. Johnston, 2009
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Oracle DBA on Unix and Linux
One contiguous segment of shared memory is found and the entire SGA is located within that segmenL This is the optimal method, so Oracle tries it firsL Intimate Shared Memory (ISM) is discussed in a later section, but for now you should ...
Michael Wessler, Mike Wessler, 2002
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Multimedia Systems
4.2.3 File Structure We commonly distinguish two methods of file organization, the contiguous placement and the non-contiguous placement. In sequential storage, using the contiguous placement, each file is organized as a simple sequence ...
Ralf Steinmetz, Klara Nahrstedt, 2004
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Calvert's Descriptive Phonetics
contiguous or noncontiguous. In progressive assimilation, an earlier occurring phoneme affects a phoneme that follows it in a word or phrase. The opposite is true of regressive assimilation. In this case, a later occurring phoneme alters the ...
Pamela G. Garn-Nunn, James M. Lynn, 2011
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Autism in Childhood and Autistic Features in Adults: A ...
I should explain at the outset what I mean by the autistic- contiguous position. It is a concept I have introduced which refers to the most primitive, healthy psychic organisation (see Ogden, 1989, for more detailed discussions of this concept as ...
Kate Barrows, 2008
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Clinical Infectious Diseases: A Practical Approach
Osteomyelitis can be classified by duration (acute, chronic), by pathogenesis ( trauma, hematogenous, surgery, true contiguous spread), by site (spine, hip, tibia , foot), by extent (size of defect), and by type of patient (infant, child, adult, ...
Richard K. Root, 1999
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Caching, Tracing, and Replicating Non-contiguous Instruction ...
In this thesis, we present a novel basic block cache (BB Cache) mechanism to cache, trace non-contiguous basic blocks and a replicator mechanism to replicate loops in order to reduce the energy consumed and hence alleviate the hot-spot ...
Prabhu Rajamani, 2006
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Contemporary Issues of the Law of the Sea: Modern Russian ...
In accordance with the contemporary international law of the sea, coastal States have the right to establish contiguous zones for the purpose of preventing violations on their territory of respective laws and regulations on the part of foreign ...
Aleksandr Antonovich Kovalev, William Elliott Butler, 2004
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The Law of the Sea
CHAPTER SEVEN The contiguous zone Development of the concept The contiguous zone is a zone of sea contiguous to and beyond the territorial sea in which States have limited powers for the enforcement of customs, fiscal, sanitary and ...
Robin Rolf Churchill, Alan Vaughan Lowe, 1988
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The Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage: An ...
Delimitation of the contiguous/archaeological zone Contrary to the TSC, the 1982 Convention does not provide for the delimitation of opposite or adjacent contiguous zones. Article 33 fails to refer to this issue without giving any explanation for ...
Anastasia Stratē, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTIGUOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term contiguous is used in the context of the following news items.
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What Comic-Con Wants from the Convention Center
But local leaders who regularly engage with Comic-Con – and who are themselves advocating for a contiguous expansion – say Comic-Con ... «Voice of San Diego, Jul 15»
2
Honda sets Guinness World Record for fuel efficiency in Euro road-trip
Honda has claimed a new Guinness World Record, for the "Lowest fuel consumption – all 24 contiguous EU countries (all cars)." Although ... «Gizmag, Jul 15»
3
FG Declares War on Cattle Rustlers, Bandits in the North West/Central
Kifasi revealed that Buhari acting on that request called for an expanded meeting of the governors of the contiguous states in order to arrive at a ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
4
Convention Center update
"If we're going to expand it seemed that contiguous piece of property was key," said Chairman of San Diego Tax Fighters, Richard Rider. «KUSI, Jul 15»
5
Security Chiefs, Eight Northern Governors In Security Meeting
Kifasi revealed that Buhari acting on that request called for an expanded meeting of the governors of the contiguous states in order to arrive at a ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
6
BB&T receives approval for Susquehanna Bancshares acquisition
"Susquehanna is a strategically compelling deal expanding our franchise into a contiguous, attractive region that presents tremendous ... «SYS-CON Media, Jul 15»
7
Burst of development set for Rancho Vistoso
... previously disturbed open space land for residential development, allowing another 4.2 acres of untouched land that is more contiguous to ... «Tucson Local Media, Jul 15»
8
Cairn Energy PLC 35.3% Potential Upside Indicated by Deutsche …
Cairn holds a 40% interest in three contiguous blocks offshore Senegal. The Company's wholly owned principal subsidiary is Capricorn Oil ... «DirectorsTalk Interviews, Jul 15»
9
Erdogan talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk
... 100 kilometers (62 miles) long, and 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) deep, to prevent the Kurds from gaining a contiguous region along its borders. «Al-Monitor, Jul 15»
10
World's Biggest City Throws 'Final Festival' Before Decline (1)
The Tokyo metropolitan area that includes contiguous cities like Yokohama will see its population drop 1.7 percent to 37.2 million, according to ... «San Diego Source, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Contiguous [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/contiguous>. Apr 2024 ».
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