contiguous
Connected; touching; abuttingConnected; touching; abutting.
» I just acquired some land that's contiguous to your farm.
Meaning
3 senses(figuratively, not comparable, sometimes)Connected; touching; abutting.
angrenzend, zusammen, verbunden
сме́жныйsméžnyj, соприкаса́ющийсяsoprikasájuščijsja, грани́чащийgraníčaščij
having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching
(not comparable)Adjacent; neighboring.
angrenzend, benachbart, nahe
сосе́днийsosédnij, близлежа́щийblizležáščij, прилега́ющийprilegájuščij
(not comparable)Connecting without a break.
the forty-eight contiguous states
zusammenhängend
непреры́вныйneprerývnyj
connecting without a break; within a common boundary
Examples
3 sentencesI just acquired some land that's contiguous to your farm.
Select all contiguous sectors.
Annual average temperatures have increased by 1.8°F across the contiguous United States since the beginning of the 20th century.
deIm Hauptland der Vereinigten Staaten sind die Jahresdurchschnittstemperaturen seit dem Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts um 1 °C gestiegen.
Translations
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Origin
From Latin contiguus (“touching”) + -ous, from contingere (“to touch”); see contingent, coFrom Latin contiguus (“touching”) + -ous, from contingere (“to touch”); see contingent, contact, contagion.
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Synonyms
5 synonyms- very close or connected in space or time:immediate
- connecting without a break; within a common boundary:conterminous
- having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching:adjacentconterminousneighboringneighbouring