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adjoin

verb
ad·​join | \ É™-ˈjȯin How to pronounce adjoin (audio) , a-\
adjoined; adjoining; adjoins

Definition of adjoin

transitive verb

1 : to add or attach by joining
2 : to lie next to or in contact with

intransitive verb

: to be close to or in contact with one another

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Examples of adjoin in a Sentence

Her office adjoins the library. The two rooms adjoin each other.

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Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay has put a $2.5 million Zionsville mansion that sits on 16 acres -- as well as another $1.5 million worth of land adjoining it -- up for sale. Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, "Colts owner Jim Irsay puts Zionsville mansion and property worth $4 million up for sale," 29 Aug. 2019 Diane Kanne, a research chemist and air emissions expert whose cul-de-sac adjoins the open space where Esperanza Hills would be built, said Ardebeli did not use the computer model developed by the California Air Pollution Control Officers Assn. Daniel Langhorne, Daily Pilot, "Requiring solar panels, O.C. supervisors OK environmental review for 340 hillside homes," 28 Aug. 2019 The living room and master bedroom both have fireplaces. Sliding glass doors open to a brick patio adjoining the pool along the back of the home. Lauren Beale, Los Angeles Times, "It’s a wrap in Hollywood Hills West for director Jonathan Heap," 19 Aug. 2019 On Wednesday, a hangar at a Mississippi Air National Guard base in Flowood, adjoining the Jackson airport, was set up to process those who were detained. Rogelio V. Solis, Jeff Amy, Anchorage Daily News, "Largest US immigration raids in a decade net 680 arrests," 8 Aug. 2019 On Wednesday, a hangar at a Mississippi Air National Guard base in Flowood, adjoining the Jackson airport, was set up to process those who were detained. Rogelio V. Solis And Jeff Amy, chicagotribune.com, "ICE raids 7 chicken processing plans in Mississippi, arresting 680 people in largest workplace sting in at least a decade," 7 Aug. 2019 The measure also would allow for a 99-year lease with the developer to control adjoining retail space that would be built on Old Woodward north of Maple Road. Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, "Silenced Birmingham residents finally get their moment to speak. Here's what happened.," 6 Aug. 2019 In the development agreement, the city agreed to make infrastructure improvements to the site to facilitate the hotel as well as purchase for not more than $600,000 land adjoining the hotel site for a public plaza area. Paul Gattis | [email protected], al.com, "New hotel project proposed for downtown Huntsville," 24 July 2019 The foundation is dedicated to preserving land once logged too aggressively and owns 147,000 acres in southeast Missouri, much of it adjoining the Mark Twain National Forest. USA TODAY, "Penal farm to produce farm, music under the sea: News from around our 50 states," 16 July 2019

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First Known Use of adjoin

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

History and Etymology for adjoin

Middle English ajoynen, adjoynen, borrowed from Anglo-French ajoindre, going back to Latin adjungere "to link up, yoke, add, attach," from ad- ad- + jungere "to join entry 1"

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adjoin

verb

English Language Learners Definition of adjoin

of a building, room, area of land, etc. : to be next to or joined with something

adjoin

verb
ad·​join | \ É™-ˈjȯin How to pronounce adjoin (audio) \
adjoined; adjoining

Kids Definition of adjoin

: to be next to or in contact with The two rooms adjoin each other.

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