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having a border in common

the cows had broken through the fence and were grazing in the adjoining field

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Synonyms & Antonyms of adjoining (Entry 2 of 2)

1 to be adjacent to

the bedroom of their apartment adjoins their neighbor's living room

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2 to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase

after the dictionary writer's talk, the principal adjoined a few remarks about her own love of words

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maximizing

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adjacent, adjoining, contiguous, juxtaposed mean being in close proximity. adjacent may or may not imply contact but always implies absence of anything of the same kind in between. a house with an adjacent garage adjoining definitely implies meeting and touching at some point or line. had adjoining rooms at the hotel contiguous implies having contact on all or most of one side. offices in all 48 contiguous states juxtaposed means placed side by side especially so as to permit comparison and contrast. a skyscraper juxtaposed to a church