adient

[ ad-ee-uhnt ]

adjective

, Psychology.

1. tending to move toward a stimulus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of adient¹

< Latin adient- (stem of adiēns approaching, present participle of adīre ), equivalent to ad- ad- + -i- go + -ent- -ent

Example Sentences

Employees wearing face masks work on a car seat assembly line at Yanfeng Adient factory in Shanghai, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus, February 24, 2020.

From Reuters

Employees wearing face masks work on a car seat assembly line at Yanfeng Adient factory in Shanghai, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus, February 24, 2020.

From Reuters

Employees wearing face masks work on a car seat assembly line at Yanfeng Adient factory in Shanghai, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus, February 24, 2020.

From Reuters

Adient Plc., up $7.15 to $47.47.

From Seattle Times

Adient Plc., up $7.15 to $47.47.

From Washington Times