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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
adjacent
/əˈdʒeɪ.sənt/
adjective1 of 3
being close or near to a border, wall, or point
- “Check this room while I check the adjacent one.”Tatoeba
- “My home town is adjacent to the ocean.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 3
Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
preposition3 of 3
Next to; beside.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)