adjective · neutral
adjacent
/əˈdʒeɪsənt/a·JAY·cent
Band 6-7speakingtask2
next to or very near something; touching or sharing a border
Examples
“The laboratory is adjacent to the lecture theatre, so students can move quickly between them.”
“Plots adjacent to the river are at higher risk of flooding.”
“We checked the offices adjacent to the manager’s room for missing documents.”
Band 8 sentence
“The new study block was deliberately sited adjacent to the existing science complex to promote interdisciplinary collaboration.”
Collocations
- adjacent to
- immediately adjacent
Word family
adjacency noun
Common mistakes
adjacent with→adjacent to
near to the building→near the building
Say it for a higher band
5near→6next to→7+adjacent
Synonyms
next to
beside
Easily confused
neighbouring
“The neighbouring farms collaborated to share irrigation equipment.”
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