adjacent

Pluraladjacents

1. 1
   adjective

   Next to or very close to something else.

   Our classroom is adjacent to the school library.

   They live in the house adjacent to ours, so we see them every day.

   Similarneighboring, adjoining, abutting, contiguous, juxtaposed

   Oppositedistant, apart

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2. 2
   preposition

   Next to or right beside something or someone.

   The bakery is adjacent to the train station, so it is always busy in the morning.

   She found a parking spot adjacent to the main entrance.

   Similarbeside, alongside, near, by

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3. 3
   adjective

   Coming just before or after something, or facing it.

   The map is printed on the adjacent page.

   His name is on the adjacent line of the sign-up sheet, right above mine.

   Similarnext, facing, neighboring

4. 4
   adjectivefiguratively

   Close to something in ideas, style, or feeling, but not exactly the same.

   Like a color that is almost blue but not quite.

   His new songs are rock-adjacent, with louder guitars than before.

   The class covered adjacent topics like saving money and planning a budget.

   Similarrelated, allied, associated

   Oppositeunrelated

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5. 5
   prepositionfiguratively

   Linked to something, a bit like it, or close to being it, but not in place or space.

   Her new job sits adjacent teaching: she trains nurses but has no classroom of her own.

   He likes songs that sound adjacent country, but he would never call himself a country fan.

   Similarnear

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6. 6
   nouncountable

   Something next to another thing, like the side of a triangle next to the angle you use.

   In math class, we labeled the hypotenuse, the opposite, and the adjacent on each triangle.

   The adjacent of this triangle is six centimeters long.

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