Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to be in contact or connection with:

Examples

22 sentences
  1. Tom looked into the adjoining bedroom.

    deTom warf einen Blick in das anliegende Schlafzimmer. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tom went into the adjoining room.

  3. The living room adjoins the dining room.

    ruГостиная примыкает к столовой. — marafon

    deDas Wohnzimmer schließt an das Esszimmer an. — Yorwba

Meaning

2 senses
  1. (ambitransitive)To share a common boundary or border with; to be physically contiguous to (a piece of land or property).

    The living room and dining room adjoin each other.

    It's at this point that these three neighbourhoods adjoin.

  2. (transitive)To extend an algebraic object (e.g. a field, a ring, etc.) by adding to it an element not belonging to it and then ensuring closure, for example by also adding all finite power series of the element.

    The ring adjunction #92;mathbb#123;Q#125;#91;#92;sqrt#123;2#125;#93; can be obtained from #92;mathbb#123;Q#125; by adjoining #92;sqrt#123;2#125; to #92;mathbb#123;Q#125;.

    The field adjunction #92;mathbb#123;Q#125;(#92;pi) can be obtained from #92;mathbb#123;Q#125; by adjoining #92;pi to #92;mathbb#123;Q#125;.

More definitions
  • lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
  • be in direct physical contact with; make contact
  • attach or add

Origin

From Anglo-Norman adjoindre, from Latin adiungō.

From Anglo-Norman adjoindre, from Latin adiungō.

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Forms

adjoins, adjoining, adjoined, adjoined

regular · Lesson

Base formadjoin · to adjoin
3rd person singularadjoins
Present participleadjoining
Past simpleadjoined
Past participleadjoined

Tenses

adjoin · adjoined · will adjoin · have adjoined

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyadjoin
he, she, itadjoins

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave adjoined
he, she, ithas adjoined

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill adjoin

Past simpleLesson

all personsadjoined

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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