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Adjoin

/əˈdʒɔɪn/

To be in contact or connection with.

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📖 Definitions of "Adjoin"

verb

1
To be in contact or connection with.
"The living room and dining room adjoin each other."
2
To extend an algebraic object (e.g. a field, a ring etc.) by adding to it (an element not belonging to it) and all finite power series of (the element).

🔄 Synonyms of "Adjoin"

8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
buttnoun	(countable) The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end
touchnoun	Primarily physical senses.
edgenoun	An advantage.
bordernoun	The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
meetverb	To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.
abutverb	(transitive) To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to.
butt againstverb	collide violently with an obstacle
butt onverb	lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Adjoin"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
abutverb	(transitive) To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to.
meetverb	To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.
edgenoun	An advantage.
bordernoun	The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
touchnoun	Primarily physical senses.
buttnoun	(countable) The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end
butt againstverb	collide violently with an obstacle
butt onverb	lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
tie in withverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To be related or relevant to.
connect upverb	(transitive, idiomatic, of water, electricity, Internet etc.) To join to a network or supply.
connectverb	(transitive, of an object) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.
joinverb	(transitive) To connect or combine into one; to put together.
associatenoun	A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee.
join upverb	(transitive) To unite or connect.
link upverb	(informal) To meet with someone.
connexnoun	(algebra) A correspondence between a projective space and its dual.
conjoinverb	(transitive) To join together; to unite; to combine.
annexnoun	An addition to the territory of a country or state, from a neighbouring country or state, normally by military force.
affiliatenoun	Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.
attachverb	(transitive) To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).