adjacent
adj.adj. next to or very near something else. If two things are adjacent, they usually share a wall, a border, or a side.
adj. sharing a common border, wall, or vertex; situated in close proximity to something else. Often used in technical or academic contexts to describe spatial relationships.
The two offices are adjacent to each other.
The developer purchased the adjacent lot to expand the parking area for the new shopping center.
In urban planning, the development of green spaces adjacent to industrial zones can significantly mitigate the heat island effect and improve local air quality.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Italic *jakēō Latin iaceō Latin adiaceō Latin adiacēnsder. English adjacent Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“to lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceō (“to lie down”).
Typically followed by the preposition 'to'.
The house is adjacent of the park.The house is adjacent to the park.Adjacent requires the preposition 'to' rather than 'of' or 'with'.