adjoined; adjoining; adjoins
: to be close to or in contact with one another
Examples of adjoin in a Sentence
Her office adjoins the library.
The two rooms adjoin each other.
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Ritrovata, the laboratory that adjoins the Cineteca.
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Guests perused the library and adjoining galleries while enjoying cocktails and a fun card game of chance.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
In 2022, the adjoining bar, Giggly, began offering weekend brunch.
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Two of our neighbors have fences that adjoin ours and which, based on condition, were built around the same time.
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Guests perused the library and adjoining galleries while enjoying cocktails and a fun card game of chance.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
In 2022, the adjoining bar, Giggly, began offering weekend brunch.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Two of our neighbors have fences that adjoin ours and which, based on condition, were built around the same time.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for adjoin
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“Adjoin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adjoin. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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adjoin
verb
ad·join
ə-ˈjȯin 
a-
1
: to add or attach by joining
2
: to lie next to or in contact with
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