different between adjacent vs neighbouring
adjacent
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin adiac?ns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceo (“I lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceo (“I lie down”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /??d?e?.s?nt/
Adjective
adjacent (not comparable)
- Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
- Synonyms: abutting, adjoining, contiguous, juxtaposed, near
- Antonyms: apart, distant, nonadjacent
- Just before, after, or facing.
- (figuratively, postpositive) Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
Derived terms
- adjacency
- adjacently
- nonadjacent
Translations
Noun
adjacent (plural adjacents)
- Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
- 2011, Mark Zegarelli, ACT Math For Dummies (page 194)
- Picking out the opposite, the adjacent, and the hypotenuse […]
- 2011, Mark Zegarelli, ACT Math For Dummies (page 194)
Preposition
adjacent
- Next to; beside.
- (figuratively) Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
Usage notes
This preposition is usually used with the word to, i.e., "adjacent to". However, in the U.S., adjacent is sometimes used on its own.
References
- Bromwich, Jonah Engel (July 16, 2019) , “Why Is Everything ‘Adjacent’ Now?”, in The New York Times?[3], retrieved July 26, 2019
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin adiac?ns, adiac?ntem, present active participle of adiace? (“adjoin, border”). Doublet of eina.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?.d????sent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?.d????sen/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.d??a?sent/
Adjective
adjacent (masculine and feminine plural adjacents)
- adjacent (lying next to)
Further reading
- “adjacent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “adjacent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “adjacent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “adjacent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin adiac?ns, adiac?ntem, present active participle of adiace? (“adjoin, border”). Doublet of aise.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.d?a.s??/
Adjective
adjacent (feminine singular adjacente, masculine plural adjacents, feminine plural adjacentes)
- adjacent
Further reading
- “adjacent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
adjacent
- third-person plural present active indicative of adjace?
Occitan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin adiac?ns, adiac?ntem, present active participle of adiace? (“adjoin, border”),
Adjective
adjacent m (feminine singular adjacenta, masculine plural adjacents, feminine plural adjacentas)
- adjacent (lying next to)
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neighbouring
English
Adjective
neighbouring (not comparable)
- (British spelling) Alternative spelling of neighboring
Verb
neighbouring
- (British spelling) Alternative spelling of neighboring
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