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Learn to pronounce ad·ja·cent

/əˈjās(ə)nt/
adjective
  1. next to or adjoining something else.
    "adjacent rooms"
    synonyms: adjoining, neighboring (on), next door to, abutting, close to, near to, next to, by, close by, by the side of, bordering (on), beside, alongside, abreast of, contiguous with, proximate to, attached to, touching, joining, cheek by jowl with, conjoining, approximate to, vicinal
  2. (of angles) having a common vertex and a common side.
  3. next to or very near a specified location.
    "a Hollywood-adjacent town"

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