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adjoining

[uh-joi-ning]

adjective

  1. being in contact at some point or line; located next to another; bordering; contiguous.

    the adjoining room; a row of adjoining town houses.



adjoining

/ əˈɔɪɪŋ /

adjective

  1. being in contact; connected or neighbouring

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • nonadjoining adjective
  • unadjoining adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of adjoining1

First recorded in 1485–95; adjoin + -ing 2
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Synonym Study

Adjoining, adjacent, bordering all mean near or close to something. Adjoining implies touching, having a common point or line: an adjoining yard. Adjacent implies being nearby or next to something else: all the adjacent houses; adjacent angles. Bordering means having a common boundary with something: the farm bordering on the river.
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The Laird and Bishop family homes, with their adjoining backyards, may look like a set but are actually neighboring Altadena houses, both of which survived the Eaton fire.

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Her interest "snowballed" from there and she crafted the lavishly decorated castle and adjoining dollhouse for the creatures.

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It has also sent troops into the UN-monitored demilitarised buffer zone in the Golan Heights, several adjoining areas and the summit of Mount Hermon.

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As well as the Grade II* listing for the main building, it has been awarded Grade II listing to adjoining agricultural buildings and boundary walls.

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But Disney has spent the past year taking steps to relocate teams to Burbank, where Disney has its own historic studio lot and an adjoining complex that houses ABC and Disney Animation.

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