Definition of adjacent

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ad·ja·cent    (-jsnt) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:

1. Close to; lying near: adjacent cities.
2. Next to; adjoining: adjacent garden plots.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Latin adiacns, adiacent- present participle of adiacre, to lie near : ad-, ad- + iacre, to lie; see y- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
ad·jacent·ly(Adverb)