adjoining
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
adj.describes rooms, buildings, or pieces of land that are next to each other and share a wall or border.
adj.describes physical structures or areas of land that share a common boundary or connecting wall.
Simple“We booked two adjoining rooms in the hotel so the children could be near us.”
In context“The developer purchased the adjoining lot to ensure there was sufficient space for the planned underground parking facility.”
Usageusually placed before the noun it describes.
- 02 C1 Advanced
v.the act of being next to or joined to something else.
v.the present participle of 'adjoin', describing the state of being in contact with or contiguous to another entity.
Simple“The garden is beautiful, with a small path adjoining the main house to the garage.”
In context“The legal dispute centered on a narrow strip of land adjoining the two estates, which both parties claimed to own.”
Usageoften used as a participle describing a relationship between two properties.
“The park and its adjoining Curecanti National Recreation Area in 2025 had drawn 1.3 million visitors who spent $25.6 million in nearby communities.”
“The first of these attacks took place on Christmas 1956, when a bomb damaged both the church and the adjoining parsonage where the Rev.”
From Middle English ajoinen, from Old French ajoindre, (compare French adjoindre), from Latin adiungō (“join to”), formed from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iungō (“join”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.