adjacent

Definitions


[əˈdʒeɪs(ə)nt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- next to or adjoining something else
(e.g: adjacent rooms)

- (of a pair of angles) formed on the same side of a straight line when intersected by another line

- next to or very near a specified location
(e.g: a Hollywood-adjacent town)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin adjacent- ‘lying near to’, from adjacere, from ad- ‘to’ + jacere ‘lie down’




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