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to adjoin

to adjoin

33 5.2
Next to and touching another place, like a house next to a park
  • verb
  • /əˈdʒɔɪn/
translation icon : limitar con
  • They bought the land that adjoins their current property to build a larger home.
  • adjoining areas
  • adjoining houses
  • adjoining rooms

I am in a room adjoined to his room hearing a girl being pleasured by my mate.

Examples

  • Within a few weeks, the walls of the soldiers' fort immediately adjoining the town began to take shape.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Mrs. Ferrier came out of the adjoining room to tell me everything was fine.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Do you have a room that would be adjoining, close by?

    The Conversation (1974)

  • - Maybe we'll get adjoining cells.

    Fashions of 1934 (1934)

  • The earlier associations and the adjoining rooms...

    The Passionate Friends (1949)

  • Adjoining rooms, on the same floor.

    The Wolverine (2013)

  • "I'm thinking," Mama said as we took adjoining seats, "that maybe I ought to rent out the house."

    Fiction book (1991)

  • You will enter through the adjoining room, take the jewel case and go to the basement.

    What's Up, Doc? (1972)

  • I wired ahead for two suites adjoining.

    The Hustler (1961)

  • In contrast, Blacks became increasingly concentrated in adjoining neighborhoods in older industrial areas.

    Academic text (1996)

Synonyms

to touch
vsto adjoin
∞ 1.0

To put your hand or body on something to feel it

implies being next to or sharing a boundary, not just any contact
to neighbor
vsto adjoin
  • US
160 4.2

To be next to another person, place, or thing

requires direct contact or a shared boundary rather than mere nearness
to border
vsto adjoin
46 2.3

To be next to a country or area along a boundary

specifies being next to or touching rather than surrounding
to march
vsto adjoin
9 8.6

To be next to another area or country

is similar but applies to places of any size, not only regions
to abut
vsto adjoin
7 6.9

To be next to another building or piece of land, sharing a border

is a general term for being next to or sharing a boundary
to edge
vsto adjoin
3 3.2

To be next to another place, sharing a border

focuses on being next to, not implying surrounding or enclosing
to butt
vsto adjoin
1 7.3

To be next to something and share a border

is the general idea of being next to or bordering something
to butt on
vsto adjoin
1 9.1

To touch the edge of another piece of land or a building

is broader, applying to being next to things beyond just property
to butt against
vsto adjoin
1 5.6

To be next to something and touch its edge

covers that adjacency but also other forms of being next to

Antonyms

to detach
16 3.9

To take something off from what it is connected to

How Close

to attach
459 2.5
to adjoin
33 5.2
to near
115 1.0

Surface Forms

adjoin infinitive
adjoined past
adjoined past participle
adjoining present participle
adjoins third person singular

Morphology

adjoin = join (transparent) = ad + join

Formed by the productive prefix 'ad-' meaning 'to/toward' plus the common verb 'join', so the sense 'join to / attach / be next to' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Adjoin comes from the part ad- meaning 'to' and the same root as join, so it originally meant 'to join to' or be next to something. That's why when a room or country adjoins another, it sits right beside it or shares a border.