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say it: uh-JAY-suhnt
adjacent is an adjective meaning "nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space". It is pronounced /əˈdʒeɪsənt/ — uh-JAY-suhnt. It carries 3 recorded senses.
nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
“had adjacent rooms”
“in the next room”
“the person sitting next to me”
“our rooms were side by side”
having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching
“Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Connecticut”
“the side of Germany conterminous with France”
“Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho”
“neighboring cities”
near or close to but not necessarily touching
“lands adjacent to the mountains”
“New York and adjacent cities”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for adjacent come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.