Adjacent

Pronunciation: /əˈdʒeɪsənt/

Definitions of adjacent

adjective describing something that is next to or adjoining something else

Example Sentences

A1 The park is adjacent to the school.

A2 The adjacent room is where the meeting will take place.

B1 The adjacent buildings share a common wall.

B2 The hotel room has a balcony with an adjacent view of the ocean.

C1 The restaurant's adjacent seating area offers a more intimate dining experience.

C2 The adjacent properties were recently purchased by the same developer.

Examples of adjacent in a Sentence

formal The building adjacent to the park is a historical landmark.

informal The house next to the school is the one with the blue shutters.

slang I live in the house right next door to the party.

figurative The two ideas are closely adjacent in meaning.

Grammatical Forms of adjacent

• past tense: adjoined
• plural: adjacents
• comparative: more adjacent
• superlative: most adjacent
• present tense: adjacent
• future tense: will be adjacent
• perfect tense: has/have been adjacent
• continuous tense: is being adjacent
• singular: adjacent
• positive degree: adjacent
• infinitive: to adjacently
• gerund: adjacently
• participle: adjacently

Origin and Evolution of adjacent

First Known Use: 0015 year

Language of Origin: Latin

Story behind the word: The word 'adjacent' originated from the Latin word 'adjacere', which means 'to lie near'.

Evolution of the word: Originally used in the 15th century to simply mean 'lying near or close', the word 'adjacent' has evolved to also connote the idea of being next to or adjoining something else in a spatial sense.