adjoining

adjective

ad·​join·​ing ə-ˈjȯi-niŋ How to pronounce adjoining (audio)
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: touching or bounding at a point or line
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adjacent, adjoining, contiguous, juxtaposed mean being in close proximity.

adjacent may or may not imply contact but always implies absence of anything of the same kind in between.

a house with an adjacent garage

adjoining definitely implies meeting and touching at some point or line.

had adjoining rooms at the hotel

contiguous implies having contact on all or most of one side.

offices in all 48 contiguous states

juxtaposed means placed side by side especially so as to permit comparison and contrast.

a skyscraper juxtaposed to a church

Examples of adjoining in a Sentence

the cows had broken through the fence and were grazing in the adjoining field
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Closer to home, Petco Park hosted a record 10 full-stadium concerts in 2024 and 13 at its smaller adjoining outdoor venue, the 6,000-capacity Gallagher Square. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025 An adjoining flex space could be used as a studio, an office, or a gallery, while an alfresco dining area, a fire pit, a cascading waterfall, and a two-vehicle carport can also be found on the premises. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 28 May 2025 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. Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025 The next homeowner will enjoy a center island kitchen that opens to the great room, an adjoining large den and vaulted, open beam ceilings as well as big picture windows, according to Zillow. Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for adjoining

Word History

Etymology

Middle English adjoynyng, from present participle of adjoynen "to adjoin"

First Known Use

1577, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of adjoining was in 1577

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“Adjoining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adjoining. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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