contiguous
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- adjective
- /kənˈtɪɡjuəs/
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contiguo
- The two properties are contiguous, making it easy for the family to expand their garden.
So somewhere over Ohio, and for those of you who don't are familiar with the contiguous United States, it's like a state and a half over from New York.
- So somewhere over Ohio, and for those of you who don't are familiar with the contiguous United States, it's like a state and a half over from New York.
- So the V subtree is a contiguous interval of the Euler tour.
- So I think that they're contiguous.
Examples
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By the 1920s, the black urban areas grew as contiguous corridors along transportation lines.
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Are they from geographically contiguous places?
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Half of New Mexico territory is contiguous to your spread.
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The Department of the Interior agreed to consider the land contiguous and place it in trust.
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Each one should select a number of contiguous schools with which to work.
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The reality is that it is part of the high seas, and so is the contiguous zone.
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We are a contiguous political body with oceans on both side and no serious enemies to the north or South.
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The playoff square is the largest contiguous theatre center in America outside Broadway.
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The map consisted of only the outer border of the 48 contiguous states; no state outlines were included.
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Coffee lands in northern Latin America now embrace 3.1 million hectares, often contiguous across international borders.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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Next to something, often sharing a border or edge
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Near each other with very little space between them
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3.4
Living or working closely together in the same place
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Having the same limits in space, time, or meaning as something else
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Next to another place and sharing a border
Next to another place or area, sharing a border
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
contiguous = contigu + ous
Formed from the Latin combining form 'contigu-' plus the adjectival suffix '-ous'; the root is not a productive standalone English word, so the meaning is not transparently derivable by an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Contiguous comes from the Latin parts con- ('with') and tangere ('to touch'), the same idea behind the English word 'touch'. So, contiguous means things that are 'touching' or right next to each other, like places that share a border.