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# adjacent

«adjacent» in Mova's school dictionary: **next to something or very near it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (adjacent)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Adjacent means next to something or very near it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjacent/#m1)

2) In maths, adjacent sides or angles share a side or a corner (vertex). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjacent/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths lessons, adjacent angles sit side by side and share an arm; adjacent sides of a rectangle meet at a corner (one length and one width). In everyday life, «adjacent rooms» or «the car park adjacent to the school» are next to each other. Phrases: adjacent to, adjacent angles, adjacent sides.

### examples

- Our house is adjacent to the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjacent/#x1)
- The library is adjacent to the main hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjacent/#x2)
- Adjacent angles on a straight line add up to 180°. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjacent/#x3)
- In a rectangle, two adjacent sides are a length and a width. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjacent/#x4)
- We stayed in adjacent rooms at the hotel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjacent/#x5)
- Adjacent sides 3 cm and 4 cm give a rectangle with area 12 cm². [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjacent/#x6)
- The field adjacent to the river often floods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjacent/#x7)

### note

Adjective; used with «to». Say uh-JAY-sent; the d is almost silent. It is a formal word; in speech people say «next to». In maths, adjacent sides of a rectangle multiply to give the area; opposite sides are equal.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «adjacent» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adjacent/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.