VERB | contact | adjoin, border, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary |
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contact | adjoin, touch, meet, contact | be in direct physical contact with | |
change | adjoin | attach or add |
Sounds | ahjhoy'n | |
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Rhymes | Boyne ... tenderloin: 13 rhymes with oyn... |
Meaning | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "Canada adjoins the U.S." | |
Synonyms | border, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on | |
Narrower | neighbor, neighbour | Be located near or adjacent to |
Broader | touch, adjoin, meet, contact | Be in direct physical contact with |
Spanish | bordear, colindar, lindar | |
Catalan | bordejar, limitar, vorellar, voretar |
Meaning | Be in direct physical contact with; make contact / contact / contact. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Model | Our properties adjoin at this point; His fields adjoin mine at this point | |
Synonyms | touch, meet, contact | |
Narrower | attach | Be attached |
border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | |
cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere | Come or be in close contact with | |
cover, spread over | form a cover over | |
hug | fit closely or tightly | |
lean on, rest on, lean against | rest on for support | |
rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch | Cause friction | |
surround, environ, ring, skirt, border | Extend on all sides of simultaneously | |
Similar to | converge, meet | Be adjacent or come together |
Spanish | colindar, contactar, lindar, palpar, tocar | |
Catalan | confrontar, contactar, palpar, tocar-se, tocar | |
Adjectives | adjunctive | joining |
Nouns | adjunction | an act of joining or adjoining things |
Meaning | attach or add. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter" | |
Broader | add | make an addition (to) |
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