adjoin
verb/əˈdʒɔɪn/
/əˈdʒɔɪn/
[transitive, intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they adjoin | /əˈdʒɔɪn/ /əˈdʒɔɪn/ |
| he / she / it adjoins | /əˈdʒɔɪnz/ /əˈdʒɔɪnz/ |
| past simple adjoined | /əˈdʒɔɪnd/ /əˈdʒɔɪnd/ |
| past participle adjoined | /əˈdʒɔɪnd/ /əˈdʒɔɪnd/ |
| -ing form adjoining | /əˈdʒɔɪnɪŋ/ /əˈdʒɔɪnɪŋ/ |
- adjoin (something) to be next to or joined to something
- A barn adjoins the farmhouse.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAdjoin is used with these nouns as the subject:- land
- room
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French ajoindre, from Latin adjungere, from ad- ‘to’ + jungere ‘to join’.Definitions on the go
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