Adjective: adjacent u'jey-sunt
- Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching
"The adjacent properties shared a fence";
- conterminous, contiguous, neighboring [US], neighbouring [Brit, Cdn]
- Nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
"had adjacent rooms";
- next, side by side
- Near or close to but not necessarily touching
"lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities"
See also: close, connected, near, nigh
Encyclopedia: Adjacent