adjacent

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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adjective nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
adjective having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching
adjective near or close to but not necessarily touching

Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“to lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceō (“to lie down”).

=circunvecino, -a=, neighboring, adjacent, contiguous. — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson
Almagro had watched the battle from an adjacent hill. — South American Fights and Fighters, and Other Tales of Adventure, Cyrus Townsend Brady
The battery attached--the Rockbridge Artillery--occupied an adjacent apple orchard. — The Long Roll, Mary Johnston

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