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- pronunciation:
jeI
snt
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
near or next to; adjoining.
We are worried about the large dead tree on the property adjacent to ours; it could fall onto our house during a storm.China is adjacent to India and many other countries.
- synonyms:
- abutting, adjoining, bordering, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring, next, proximate
- antonyms:
- detached, distant, faraway, nonadjacent, remote
- similar words:
- close, flush, near, nearby, neighbor, next-door, side by side
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| related words: |
abreast, immediate |
(adj.)adjacent
+ noun
acre,
apartment,
area,
bath,
beam,
bedroom,
block,
bone,
booth,
building,
cell,
county,
creek,
dining,
dot,
edge,
field,
forest,
frequency,
gallery,
garden,
habitat,
hall,
hallway,
highway,
island,
jurisdiction,
land,
landowner,
lane,
layer,
mountain,
neighborhood,
panel,
parcel,
park,
parking lot,
phase,
pier,
pixel,
plain,
plot,
portion,
property,
region,
ridge,
river,
roof,
room,
row,
segment,
soil,
station,
structure,
surface,
territory,
tissue,
tower,
tract,
traffic,
valley,
village,
wall,
watershed,
wetland,
yard
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| derivation: |
adjacently (adv.) |
The word adjacent
contains the following parts:
ad-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
Originally a Latin preposition and prefix, ad-
occurs in English in Latin loanwords. It has multiple forms, as the final 'd' sound in ad-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See its assimilated forms: ac-, af-, ag-1, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, and at-.
Example words:
adapt, add, addict, addiction, adduce, adequate, adhere, adherent, adit, adjacent, adjective, adjunct, adjure, adjust, administer, administrative, administrator, admissible, admission, admit, admonition, adopt, adoption, advent, adverb, adversary, adverse, adversity, advert, advertent, advertise, advocate, inadvertent
ject, jet, jac
Latin
root
that means throw; lie
Example words:
abject, adjacent, adjective, conjecture, deject, dejection, ejaculatory, eject, inject, injection, interject, interjection, jet, jetsam, jettison, object, objective, project, projectile, projection, reject, rejection, subjacent, subject, subjective, trajectory
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
aberrant, accident, accidental, adherent, adjacent, affluent, agent, alterant, ambient, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, benevolent, coherent, combatant, complacent, confidant, confident, consequent, consultant, continent, conversant, current, defoliant, dependent, different, disinfectant, dissonant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, equilibrant, exorbitant, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, inadvertent, incessant, incognizant, inconsonant, indignant, informant, itinerant, malevolent, miscreant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, predominant, president, prudent, pungent, recreant, reluctant, repugnant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, tenant, transcendent, vacant, vagrant, variant, verdant
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