Used in a Sentence

adjoin

How to use adjoin in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for adjoin.

Editorial note

Two parcels adjoin but access to one is via a road across the other.

Examples11
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of adjoin gathered in one view.

verb

lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"

verb

be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"

verb

attach or add; "I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for adjoin.

verb

lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"

verb

be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"

verb

attach or add; "I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter"

Example sentences

1

Two parcels adjoin but access to one is via a road across the other.

2

Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall.

3

I'm in a similar situation with a neighbor who has several acres that adjoin my ranch.

4

It's possible they mean to take the real numbers and adjoin a new "infinitesimal" element, for instance.

5

That is, as soon as you adjoin the roots of x^2 + 1, and close under field operations, you actually get the roots of all polynomials.

6

These rights cannot be sold or transferred other than with the adjoining land and only in reasonable quantities associated with that land.

7

This is a source of bugs called "Boolean Blindness".In a language with Sum types we'd represent this by saying that errorful computations adjoin an error type to the return type.

8

The closure exposes the minimum interface needed to adjoin elements to the collection, whereas passing the collection around allows all sorts of modification.

9

If you have a military base in or a military or economic cooperation agreement with any of the adjoining nations, or if part of your economy transits the adjoining area, you should feel free to get involved at any time.

10

The very specific `adjoin` example that has been provided only works with `contains` not being in a tail position because `or` is assumed to use short-circuit evaluation, and because the author is apparently willing to live with a set membership test that has linear time complexity.

11

Wikipedia on "Riparian doctrine" indicates it's a limited and specialized form of property rights.> Under the riparian principle, all landowners whose properties adjoin a body of water have the right to make reasonable use of it as it flows through or over their properties.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use adjoin in a sentence?

Two parcels adjoin but access to one is via a road across the other.

What does adjoin mean?

lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"

What part of speech is adjoin?

adjoin is commonly used as verb.