Synonyms for adjoining
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uh-joi-ning |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈdʒɔɪ nɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for adjoining
Définition of adjoining
Origin :- c.1300, "unite, ally" from Old French ajoin- stem of ajoindre "join together, unite," from Latin adjungere "fasten on, harness, join to," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + jungere "to bind together" (see jugular). Meaning "be contiguous with, be adjacent to" is from late 14c. Related: Adjoined; adjoining.
- adj being next to
- Every one else seemed to have drifted into an adjoining room.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- As she spoke, she took Marriott into the adjoining dressing-room.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Adjoining the latter was a colony of quiet and inoffensive Beavers.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 15, July 9, 1870 » by Various
- Biddy darted off to an adjoining room, leaving me alone with my employer.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- Mr Pancks glanced at the wall of the adjoining room, and stooped forward.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- The clatter of crockery did not cease in the adjoining room.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- But our separation took place in a town in the adjoining country.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- His cogitations were interrupted by the sound of voices in the adjoining room.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- He went off like a gust of wind and plunged into the adjoining room.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- The ringing of the bell had caused the adjoining bed-chamber to be lighted.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
Antonyms for adjoining
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