adjoin

American  

[uh-join] / əˈdʒɔɪn /

verb (used with object)

1. to be close to or in contact with; abut on.

   His property adjoins the lake.

2. to attach or append; affix.

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verb (used without object)

1. to be in connection or contact.

   the point where the estates adjoin.

adjoin British  

/ əˈdʒɔɪn /

verb

1. to be next to (an area of land, etc)

2. to join; affix or attach

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Other Word Forms

• unadjoined adjective

Etymology

Origin of adjoin

1275–1325; Middle English a ( d ) joinen < Middle French ajoindre. See ad-, join

Example Sentences

In July, angry Mexican protesters, predominantly young, marched through the trendy Roma neighborhood and adjoining Condesa district denouncing gentrification driven by foreigners.

From Los Angeles Times

Construction workers in bright vests walked by, and traffic was returning to the adjoining road.

From Los Angeles Times

The couple leapt into flipping about 15 years ago, when they found two adjoining houses for sale in downtown Mountlake Terrace, Wash., about 25 miles from where they lived at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal

She is helping out at an adult breakfast club where parents and grandparents who have children at the adjoining Meadows nursery can have a hot meal for £1.

From BBC

When the boys were tinkering with tunes, they “ping-ponged” ideas with such joyful energy that people in adjoining offices could hear them.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• abut