Associations to the word «Adjacent»

Wiktionary

ADJACENT, adjective. Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
ADJACENT, adjective. Just before, after, or facing.
ADJACENT, noun. Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
ADJACENT, preposition. (US) Next to; adjacent to; beside.

Dictionary definition

ADJACENT, adjective. Nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side".
ADJACENT, adjective. Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; "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".
ADJACENT, adjective. Near or close to but not necessarily touching; "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats