Word
contiguous
Phoneticscon·tigu·ous
US/kənˈtɪɡjuəs/
UK/kəntˈɪɡjuːəs/
Definition
adj. sharing a border or touching along one side. You use this to describe things like rooms, countries, or states that are next to each other without any gaps.
adj. sharing a common border or touching along an edge; adjacent in space or time. Often used in legal or geographical contexts to describe physical proximity.
Examples
“The two offices are contiguous and share a door.”
“The United States consists of forty-eight contiguous states plus Alaska and Hawaii.”
“The developer purchased several contiguous plots of land to ensure the new shopping complex would have a unified and uninterrupted footprint.”
Examples
simple
“The two offices are contiguous and share a door.”
contextual
“The United States consists of forty-eight contiguous states plus Alaska and Hawaii.”
complex
“The developer purchased several contiguous plots of land to ensure the new shopping complex would have a unified and uninterrupted footprint.”
Usage
Often followed by the preposition 'with'.
Real-World Examples
“The policy aims to tighten Israel’s hold on the occupied West Bank and block the creation of a contiguous Palestinian state.” “This vast network of roads spiderwebs its way across the contiguous US, leaving only about 5 percent as an inventoried roadless area or wilderness .” “In a statement on Friday, McEntee said the project poses a “fundamental threat” to a contiguous Palestinian state and, ultimately, a two-state solution.” Etymology
From Latin contiguus (“touching”), from contingere (“to touch”); see contingent, contact, contagion.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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