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- pronunciation:
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tIg
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
in contact; touching; adjoining.
They own several contiguous pieces of property along the lake.- similar words:
- adjacent, adjoining, borderline, flush, neighboring, touching
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| definition 2: |
near, but not quite touching.
- similar words:
- adjacent, borderline, neighboring
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| related words: |
approximate, close, immediate |
adverb + (adj.)contiguous
geographically, temporally
(adj.)contiguous
+ adverb
normally
(adj.)contiguous
+ noun
area,
barrier,
block,
border,
chain,
coast,
county,
district,
empire,
forest,
habitat,
involvement,
land,
landscape,
location,
nature,
pair,
population,
property,
ranch,
segment,
series,
settlement,
space,
state,
territory,
tract,
triangle,
vowel,
west,
wilderness,
zone
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| derivations: |
contiguously (adv.), contiguousness (n.) |
The word contiguous
contains the following part:
tact, tang, ting, tig
Latin
root
that means touch
  Example words:
contact, contiguity, contiguous, contingent, intact, intangible, tact, tactful, tactile, tangent, tangible
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