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adjoining

adj.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //əˈdʒɔɪnɪŋ// UK //ɐdʒˈɔɪnɪŋ// ad·join·ing

adj. next to or joined with something else. You use this to describe rooms or buildings that share a wall or a boundary.

adj. being in contact at some point or line; located next to or sharing a common boundary. Often describes physical structures like rooms, apartments, or plots of land.


SIMPLE

We booked two adjoining rooms at the hotel.

CONTEXTUAL

The fire started in the kitchen and quickly spread to the adjoining dining area through the open doorway.

COMPLEX

The architect designed the library and the garden as adjoining spaces, separated only by a floor-to-ceiling glass wall to create a sense of continuity between indoors and outdoors.

Synonyms
Origin

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

Usage

Typically used attributively before a noun; often follows 'to' when used predicatively.

Pitfall

the room adjoining to the hallthe room adjoining the hallWhen used as a participial adjective or verb, 'adjoining' is transitive and does not require 'to' before the object.

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