Adjacent

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /əˈdÊ’eɪ.sÉ™nt/

Origin

Latin adiacēns, adiacentis.

Full definition of adjacent

Adjective

1. Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.Because the conference room is filled, we will have our meeting in the adjacent room.
2. Just before, after, or facing.The picture is on the adjacent page.

Synonyms

• (lying next to) abutting, adjoining, contiguous, juxtaposed, near

Antonyms

• (lying next to) apart, distant, nonadjacent

Related terms

• adjacency
• adjacently

Noun

1. Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
• 1980, Faber Birren, The textile coloristAgain, the key colors have twice the area of the adjacents.
• 2011, Mark Zegarelli, ACT Math For Dummies (page 194)Picking out the opposite, the adjacent, and the hypotenuse

Preposition

1. (US) Next to; adjacent to; beside.----