adjoining
Meaning of adjoining
adjective
- (of a building, room, or piece of land) next to or joined with.
I was in an adjoining room and could hear voices
they ended up buying the adjoining land
- be next to and joined with (a building, room, or piece of land).
the dining room adjoins a conservatory
Middle English: from Old French ajoindre, from Latin adjungere, from ad- ‘to’ + jungere ‘to join’.
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Hyphenation of adjoining
ad-join-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- adjoining is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
adjoining synonyms
Meaning abutting:
abutting, adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring
Meaning (of a place or object) be situated next to or very near (another):
Meaning touch or lean on:
Meaning become linked or connected to:
Meaning join; combine:
Meaning come into or be in contact with:
Meaning touch or join:
Meaning joining or linking things together, especially so as to provide access and communication:
Meaning brought together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established:
Meaning connect with each other:
Meaning (of a country or area) be adjacent to (another country or area):
Meaning (especially of the cause of something) closest in relationship; immediate:
Meaning joined, fastened, or connected to something:
Meaning arousing feelings of sympathy or gratitude:
Meaning an assembly of people for a particular purpose, especially for formal discussion:
Meaning come close or be similar to something in quality, nature, or quantity:
Meaning neighbouring; adjacent:
adjoining antonyms
Meaning (of a place) situated far from the main centres of population; distant:
Translation of adjoining
- Italian: concomitante
- Spanish: concomitante
- French: concomitant
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