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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But all this development has often meant that riparian borders (in this case, the wooded land adjoining the river), which can slow a flood down, have been fragmented.
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John Seabrook, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
São Paulo is situated across two 18th-century buildings adjoined by a central courtyard in the heart of Santa Catarina.
—Monica Mendal, Vogue, 1 July 2025
In a flat city where all private and public property is organized into rectangles and triangles aligned with the principal points of the compass, Lincoln Yards is defined by a series of wedges, lumps and lobes that don’t adjoin with the rest of the Chicago street map.
—F.k. Plous, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
This crimson-red building that adjoins Chafariz da Esperança, a baroque fountain and national monument from 1760, has recently undergone a renovation leaving behind five modern apartments spread across four floors.
—Monica Mendal, Vogue, 1 July 2025
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John Seabrook, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
São Paulo is situated across two 18th-century buildings adjoined by a central courtyard in the heart of Santa Catarina.
—Monica Mendal, Vogue, 1 July 2025
In a flat city where all private and public property is organized into rectangles and triangles aligned with the principal points of the compass, Lincoln Yards is defined by a series of wedges, lumps and lobes that don’t adjoin with the rest of the Chicago street map.
—F.k. Plous, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
This crimson-red building that adjoins Chafariz da Esperança, a baroque fountain and national monument from 1760, has recently undergone a renovation leaving behind five modern apartments spread across four floors.
—Monica Mendal, Vogue, 1 July 2025
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“Adjoin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adjoin. Accessed 2 Aug. 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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