adjoin

[ uh-join ]

/ əˈdʒɔɪn /

verb (used with object)

to be close to or in contact with; abut on: His property adjoins the lake.

to attach or append; affix.

verb (used without object)

to be in connection or contact: the point where the estates adjoin.

Origin of adjoin

1275–1325; Middle English a(d)joinen < Middle French ajoindre. See ad-, join

OTHER WORDS FROM adjoin

un·ad·joined, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH adjoin

adjoin adjourn

Words nearby adjoin

adjective clause, adjective phrase, adjective pronoun, adjectivize, adjigo, adjoin, adjoining, adjoint, adjoint differential equation, adjourn, adjournment

Example sentences from the Web for adjoined

On the southwest the cathedral is adjoined by magnificent Gothic cloisters, finished in 1448.

The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, vol. 06, No. 3, March 1900 |Various
She occupied the smaller bungalow, which adjoined the larger by a long, covered passage.

Henry Martyn Saint and Scholar |George Smith
Magnolia, on a rocky bluff, is adjoined by the attractive Crescent Beach, and has around it very fine woodland.

America, Volume 5 (of 6) |Joel Cook
I then adjoined the first sketch of what has since been called my satire on Addison.

The Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore and Pope |Samuel Johnson

In the apartment which adjoined the chamber he discovered little 'Jack the Prig,' fast asleep in bed.

City Crimes |Greenhorn

British Dictionary definitions for adjoined

adjoin

/ (əˈdʒɔɪn) /

verb

to be next to (an area of land, etc)

(tr foll by to) to join; affix or attach

Word Origin for adjoin

C14: via Old French from Latin adjungere, from ad- to + jungere to join

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adjoin

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

Origin of adjoin

OTHER WORDS FROM adjoin

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH adjoin

Words nearby adjoin

Example sentences from the Web for adjoined

British Dictionary definitions for adjoined

verb

Word Origin for adjoin

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Learning

adjoin

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

Origin of adjoin

OTHER WORDS FROM adjoin

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH adjoin

Words nearby adjoin

Words related to adjoined

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British Dictionary definitions for adjoined