adjacent

C1 Topic:Grammar & Function Words

US /əˈd͡ʒeɪ.sənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #17828

Meanings

1

adj
Next to or very close to something.

Because the conference room was full, we met in the adjacent office.
2

adj
Closely related to or similar to something.

The new product appeals to customers in several adjacent markets.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · next to or very close to... adjoining neighbouring next

Word family

Derived forms adjacencyadjacentlyadjacentnesscircumadjacentcoadjacentcomic-adjacentfetish-adjacentnonadjacentsubadjacentunadjacent

Simplified etymology

Adjacent entered English in the late Middle English period from Latin adjacens, “lying close by.” The same Latin source is also associated with ease and easy.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Italic *jakēō Latin iaceō Latin adiaceō Latin adiacēnsder. English adjacent Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“to lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceō (“to lie down”).

*(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European adiacēns Latin

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# adjacent

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /əˈd͡ʒeɪ.sənt/
**Frequency rank:** 17828

## Meanings
1. Next to or very close to something.
2. Closely related to or similar to something.

## Examples
- Because the conference room was full, we met in the adjacent office.
- The new product appeals to customers in several adjacent markets.

## Derived Forms
- adjacency
- adjacently
- adjacentness
- circumadjacent
- coadjacent
- comic-adjacent
- fetish-adjacent
- nonadjacent
- subadjacent
- unadjacent

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *(H)yeh₁-
- Root: adiacēns
- Affix: ad- - to

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Italic *jakēō Latin iaceō Latin adiaceō Latin adiacēnsder. English adjacent Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“to lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceō (“to lie down”).

## AI Etymology
Adjacent is borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“to lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceō (“to lie down”). The historical chain records Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd, Proto-Italic *ad, Proto-Italic *ad-, Latin ad-, Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-, Proto-Italic *jakēō, Latin iaceō, Latin adiaceō, Latin adiacēns, and English adjacent. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix. Important recorded forms include *(H)yeh₁- (Proto-Indo-European) and adiacēns (Latin). Current senses include next to or very close to something and closely related to or similar to something. The wider family includes derived forms such as adjacency, adjacently, adjacentness, circumadjacent, and coadjacent.

## Topics
- Grammar & Function Words
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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