adjoining

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
23
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/əˈd͡ʒɔɪ.nɪŋ/
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/əˈd͡ʒɔɪ.nɪŋ/ · /əˈd͡ʒoɪ.nɪŋ/

Definition of adjoining

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Being in contact at some point or line; joining to.
    “an adjoining room”
    “The location was described to be "on the lower side of the river, adjoining land owned by Whitmore Knaggs and on the upper side by lands not yet granted."”
    “He had contemplated Pym in all the stages he had grown up with him, drunk with him and worked with him, including a night in Berlin he had totally forgotten until now when they had ended up screwing a couple of army nurses in adjoining rooms.”
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adj

  1. Being in contact at some point or line; joining to.
    “an adjoining room”
    “The location was described to be "on the lower side of the river, adjoining land owned by Whitmore Knaggs and on the upper side by lands not yet granted."”
    “He had contemplated Pym in all the stages he had grown up with him, drunk with him and worked with him, including a night in Berlin he had totally forgotten until now when they had ended up screwing a couple of army nurses in adjoining rooms.”

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of adjoin

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Etymology

From Middle English ajoinen, from Old French ajoindre, (compare French adjoindre), from Latin adiungō (“join to”), formed from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iungō (“join”).

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