| 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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