to adjoin

Examples

• All

• The two houses adjoin each other, sharing a fence in between.

• Adjoin yourself to their community, crew, or cult.

  Blog text (24)

• Adjoining conference rooms with appropriate furnishings would be an added incentive to group activity.

  Academic text (1995)

• The Orthodox congregations, with their approximately 30,000 members, were administratively adjoined to the existing church organization.

  Academic text (1998)

• There's the skeleton plan of a garage sketched over a vacant patch adjoining the house; she notices before the queue moves her along.

  Academic text (2011)

• The new playground will adjoin the existing park, providing more space for families.

Synonyms

A

to attach

vsto adjoin

459 2.5

To join or fasten one thing to another so they stay together

also means being placed next to another thing not only firmly fixed

B

to bind

vsto adjoin

• Specialized

131 3.9

To join two things closely so they stay together

often refers to looser joining or simple adjacency rather than very tight holding

G

to glue

vsto adjoin

75 1.0

To join things using a sticky substance

is more general, covering joining by any method or simple adjacency

C

to conjoin

vsto adjoin

26 5.9

To come together or bring things together

often means simply placed beside or added without full union

A

to affix

vsto adjoin

18 5.0

To attach something to another thing by sticking or fastening it

can mean simply placed beside or joined rather than stuck onto something

L

to link up

vsto adjoin

• Informal

9 3.0

To join people, places, or things so they become connected

also covers being next to something without forming a combined unit

I

to interlink

vsto adjoin

4 4.5

Connect things so they depend on each other

is about simple joining or being next to without mutual dependence

Antonyms

D

to detach

16 3.9

To take something off from what it is connected to

How Attached

to fasten

68 1.6

to adjoin

1 4.5

to attach

459 2.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology