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adjacent — adj. VERBS ▪ be, be situated, lie, stand ▪ The vineyards of Verzy lie adjacent to those of Verzenay. ADVERB ▪ directly, immediately … Collocations dictionary
Adjacent — Ad*ja cent, a. [L. adjacens, centis, p. pr. of adjacere to lie near; ad + jac[=e]re to lie: cf. F. adjacent.] Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. The adjacent forest. B. Jonson. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Adjacent — Ad*ja cent, a. [L. adjacens, centis, p. pr. of adjacere to lie near; ad + jac[=e]re to lie: cf. F. adjacent.] Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. The adjacent forest. B. Jonson. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjacent — [ə jā′sənt] adj. [L adjacens, prp. of adjacere, to lie near < ad , to + jacere, to lie, throw: see JET1] near or close (to something); adjoining adjacently adv. SYN. ADJACENT things may or may not be in actual contact with each other, but they … English World dictionary
adjacent — (adj.) early 15c., from L. adiacentem (nom. adiacens) lying at, prp. of adiacere lie at, border upon, lie near, from ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + iacere to lie, rest, lit. to throw (see JET (Cf. jet) (v.)), with … Etymology dictionary
adjacent — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ next to or adjoining something else. DERIVATIVES adjacency noun. ORIGIN from Latin adjacere lie near to … English terms dictionary
adjacent — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French or Latin; Anglo French, ajesaunt, from Latin adjacent , adjacens, present participle of adjacēre to lie near, from ad + jacēre to lie; akin to Latin jacere to throw more at jet Date: 15th… … New Collegiate Dictionary
adjacent — ad|ja|cent [əˈdʒeısənt] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , present participle of adjacere to lie near , from ad to + jacere to lie ] a room, building, piece of land etc that is adjacent to something is next to it ▪ We stayed in adjacent… … Dictionary of contemporary English
adjacent — [15] Adjacent and adjective come from the same source, the Latin verb jacere ‘throw’. The intransitive form of this, jacēre, literally ‘be thrown down’, was used for ‘lie’. With the addition of the prefix ad , here in the sense ‘near to’, was… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
adjacent — [15] Adjacent and adjective come from the same source, the Latin verb jacere ‘throw’. The intransitive form of this, jacēre, literally ‘be thrown down’, was used for ‘lie’. With the addition of the prefix ad , here in the sense ‘near to’, was… … Word origins
