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adjoin::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | contact, meet, touch |
| Has types | adhere, abut, rest on, ring, rub, scratch, skirt, spread over, stick, surround, attach, border, butt, butt against, butt on, chafe, cleave, cling, cohere, cover, edge, environ, fray, fret, hug, lean against, lean on, march |
| Verb group | meet, converge |
| Derivation | adjunction, adjunctive |
Examples of adjoin
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There are five parcels of land that adjoin mine in the city of Hoover, Alabama.
From the cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com
These rustic throwbacks adjoin to rear sheds containing a kitchen and bathroom.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The northern end of the street used to adjoin a retail area known as The Shambles.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Soon they will fly real drones over Holloman and the military bases that adjoin it.
From the newscientist.com
Tennis courts adjoin the park, and play continues during the baseball games.
From the chron.com
The annex will adjoin the east side of the Capitol and occupy a space 200-by-275 feet.
From the sacbee.com
Though Laurel and McCreary adjoin, they have no direct road connection.
From the courier-journal.com
The Australian city of Darwin is the only large city to adjoin the sea.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The ocean floor spreads from mid-ocean ridges where two plates adjoin.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Border: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
- Touch: be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"
- Attach or add; "I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter"
- To be in contact or connection with; To extend an algebraic object (e.g. a field, a ring, etc.) by adding to it (an element not belonging to it) and all finite power series of (the element)
- (adjoining) Being in contact at some point or line; joining to; contiguous; bordering: an adjoining room
- (adjoining) In law, implies that two properties are contiguous or touching each other as opposed to adjacent to one another.
- The word "adjoining" in a description means "next to" or "in contact with" and excludes the idea of intervening space.
- The state of a right/interest, regulated use or designation, while it is subject to the terms and conditions of its related legislation
