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Adjoin \Ad*join"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjoined; p. pr. & vb.
n. Adjoining.]
[OE. ajoinen, OF. ajoindre, F. adjoindre,
fr. L. adjungere; ad + jungere to join. See Join, and cf.
Adjunct.]
To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact
with; to attach; to append.
[1913 Webster]
Corrections . . . should be, as remarks, adjoined by
way of note. --Watts.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ![]() |
Adjoining \Ad*join"ing\, a.
Joining to; contiguous; adjacent; as, an adjoining room. "The
adjoining fane." --Dryden.
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Upon the hills adjoining to the city. --Shak.
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Syn: Adjacent; contiguous; near; neighboring; abutting;
bordering. See Adjacent.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ![]() |
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "adjoining":
abutting, adjacent, bordering, connecting, conterminous,
contiguous, coterminous, end to end, endways, endwise,
face to face, immediate, joined, juxtaposed, juxtapositional,
juxtapositive, neighbor, neighboring, next, next to, touching
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 | ![]() |
adjoining
adj : having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots";
"adjoining rooms"; "Rhode Island has two bordering
states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of
Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the
contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities" [syn:
abutting, adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring(a)]
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0 | ![]() |
Adjoin \Ad*join"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjoined; p. pr. & vb.
n. Adjoining.]
[OE. ajoinen, OF. ajoindre, F. adjoindre,
fr. L. adjungere; ad + jungere to join. See Join, and cf.
Adjunct.]
To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact
with; to attach; to append.
Corrections . . . should be, as remarks, adjoined by
way of note. --Watts.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
Adjoining \Ad*join"ing\, a.
Joining to; contiguous; adjacent; as, an adjoining room.
``The adjoining fane.'' --Dryden.
Upon the hills adjoining to the city. --Shak.
Syn: Adjacent; contiguous; near; neighboring; abutting;
bordering. See Adjacent.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
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