English > adjoin: 3 senses > verb 1, contact| Meaning | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
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| Example | "Canada adjoins the U.S." |
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| Synonyms | border, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on |
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| Narrower | neighbor, neighbour | Be located near or adjacent to |
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| Broader | touch, adjoin, meet, contact | Be in direct physical contact with |
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| Spanish | bordear, colindar, lindar |
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| Catalan | bordejar, limitar, vorellar, voretar |
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English > adjoin: 3 senses > verb 2, contact| Meaning | Be in direct physical contact with; make contact / contact / contact. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
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| Model | Our properties adjoin at this point; His fields adjoin mine at this point |
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| Synonyms | touch, meet, contact |
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| Narrower | attach | Be attached |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | colindar, contactar, lindar, palpar, tocar |
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| Catalan | confrontar, contactar, palpar, tocar-se, tocar |
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| Adjectives | adjunctive | joining |
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| Nouns | adjunction | an act of joining or adjoining things |
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