adjacent
Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle…Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
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» The stadium is adjacent to the school.
Das Stadion befindet sich neben der Schule. — al_ex_an_der
Die Sportanlage befindet sich neben der Schule. — al_ex_an_der
Стадион прилегает к школе. — marafon
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesSomething that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
Examples
30 sentencesThe stadium is adjacent to the school.
ruСтадион прилегает к школе. — marafon
deDas Stadion befindet sich neben der Schule. — al_ex_an_der
The lake was adjacent to his house.
I heard a thumping noise coming from the adjacent room.
His house and mine are adjacent.
Flavio came from an adjacent building.
Origin
Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“to lie beside”); from adBorrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“to lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceō (“to lie down”).
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