| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ad·ja·cent |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -j  snt |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Close to; lying near: adjacent cities. 2. Next to; adjoining: adjacent garden plots. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Latin adiac ns, adiacent-, present participle of adiacre, to lie near : ad-, ad- + iacre, to lie; see y- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | ad·jacent·ly —ADVERB
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