ADJOINING Definition & Meaning

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adjoining

[ uh-joi-ning ]

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adjective

being in contact at some point or line; located next to another; bordering; contiguous:
the adjoining room; a row of adjoining town houses.

adjoining

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adjective

being in contact; connected or neighbouring

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of adjoining¹

First recorded in 1485–95; adjoin + -ing ²

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Synonym Study

Adjoining, adjacent, bordering all mean near or close to something. Adjoining implies touching, having a common point or line: an adjoining yard. Adjacent implies being nearby or next to something else: all the adjacent houses; adjacent angles. Bordering means having a common boundary with something: the farm bordering on the river.

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As well as the Grade II* listing for the main building, it has been awarded Grade II listing to adjoining agricultural buildings and boundary walls.

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But Disney has spent the past year taking steps to relocate teams to Burbank, where Disney has its own historic studio lot and an adjoining complex that houses ABC and Disney Animation.

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In one of the frames, a farmer extends his arm as if holding the land in the adjoining frame - a nod to the farming roots of Indian society.

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Two beef cattle operations would be permitted to stay in the park and seven ranches would remain in the adjoining Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

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The town's branches of the Bank of Scotland and RBS have both closed in the past decade with each removing the adjoining ATM.

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