Thesaurus results for ABUT

abut

verb

ə-ˈbət

Definition of abut

as in to adjoin

to be adjacent to our land abuts a nature preserve, so we see a lot of wildlife

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Recent Examples of abut The third side abutted a street perpendicular to these two, Calle Allende. — Literary Hub, 28 July 2026 Directly abutting the northern end of the state beach, the property was purchased last year for $10 million by the Peninsula Open Space Trust, an environmental group based in Palo Alto, from the family of Walter Bridge. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 July 2026 The village of Homer Glen, which abuts the property, filed a formal objection. — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026 The condo development abutted busy Route 66, but the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Trail, ideal for walking and biking, was steps away, and a Metro station was a 10-minute walk. — Addie Morfoot, New York Times, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for abut

Recent Examples of Synonyms for abut

Verb

The film could use a few more such colorful secondary strands adjoining the main conflict, though one subplot involving a maybe-romance between two jaded journalists assigned to the summit is oddly framed and abruptly dropped.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
Century Boulevard adjoins Hollywood Park, SoFi Stadium, Intuit Dome and more.

— Shi Bradley, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of adjoin

Verb

Reaves has a fully dedicated golf social media Instagram account, and right after retirement from the NBA, Smith joined the golf team at North Carolina A&T as a freshman walk-on.

— Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Clubs on the continent have also enquired about signing Fullkrug, 33, on loan but West Ham intend to sell the Germany international, who joined for £27million from Borussia Dortmund in August 2024.

— Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of join

Verb

Onstage at the event, Bratt touched on the new movie’s storyline.

— Matt Minton, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
The recall announcement directed consumers to wash and sanitize any containers that may have come into contact with the affected product, and wash and sanitize hands and utensils that may have touched the product.

— Mason Leib, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of touch

Verb

Gordon acknowledged that construction of this scale inevitably affects the surrounding area.

— Maddie White, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
These events occur when extremely hot underground water suddenly turns into steam, expands, and blasts apart the surrounding rock.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of surround

Verb

Both Bell Fernandez and Lozano Bonilla were taken to the airport wearing bulletproof vests and helmets flanked by tight security, local media reported.

— CBS News, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Mbeumo led the line against Leeds for the third consecutive friendly, flanked by Amad to his right and Patrick Dorgu to his left, and has stood out.

— Cerys Jones, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of flank

Verb

The pact also comes as Israel expands its military reach across the region and Riyadh’s relations with the neighboring United Arab Emirates fray.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
After the fall of Assad’s government in December 2024 when Syrian insurgent groups captured his seat of power in Damascus, a number of military and security officers fled to neighboring Lebanon, where some still remain.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026