adjacency
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Definition of adjacency
1 : something that is adjacent
2 : the quality or state of being adjacent : contiguity
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Synonyms & Antonyms for adjacency
Synonyms
closeness, contiguity, immediacy, nearness, propinquity, proximity, vicinity
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The best that could be hoped for was the intimate adjacency of the facing page. — Geoff Dyer, New York Times, "The Magic of Books Where Photography Meets Essays," 18 Apr. 2018 And as his notoriety grew, Imanuel received a corresponding amount of criticism for his moniker and its adjacency to the n-word. — Alex Wong, GQ, "Rich Brian Learned How to Rap from YouTube," 2 Feb. 2018 That sense of adjacency between exhibition and city at large, each rubbing off on the other, is something Meier's Getty Center — alone on its hilltop, all but inaccessible for anybody without a car — has never been able to offer its visitors. — Christopher Hawthorne, latimes.com, "With Pacific Standard Time, Getty finally climbs down from hilltop oasis it built 20 years ago," 19 Oct. 2017 Amazon has also met with several technology companies regarding how to prevent inappropriate content from appearing next to ads, an issue called content adjacency, several people with knowledge of the meetings told CNBC. — Michelle Castillo, USA TODAY, "Amazon is considering a more serious bid against YouTube, ad industry sources say," 9 Oct. 2017 Operations - Plan and design for efficient court operations, incorporating modern technology, paperless file management, and appropriate adjacencies. — Karen Farkas, cleveland.com, "Cuyahoga County to hire consultant to help determine future of Justice Center," 19 July 2017 But that model of adjacency is irrelevant and increasingly superfluous in a world in which there is so much content. — John Williams, New York Times, "Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: ‘The End of Advertising’," 18 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'adjacency.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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