am I adjacent to the room? [usage] | WordReference Forums I am trying to find a source for why my scenario below for the usage of "adjacent" would be correct or incorrect - a grammar rule or dictionary definition would suffice Here is my scenario: If I am standing close to a wall of a square room, am I adjacent to the room? Many definitions of
adjacent cells - WordReference Forums So "adjacent houses" actually means "properties that touch each other": the two properties share a side, not just a corner (vertex) The opposite: between the two houses there is an area of land (a garden?) owned by someone else
Adjacent (to) + noun - WordReference Forums The text is from an archaeology paper: Adjacent the site and to the east is a historical farmhouse I was wondering whether this is a normal collocation or whether 'to' is missing after 'adjacent' What do you think?
close, nearby, adjacent etc. . . , which is the nearest? "The atom effects close atoms", "The atom effects nearby atoms", "The atom effects adjacent atoms" Which atom has the most distant effect ? Suppose that the atoms in this question have the same radius and the distance between adjacent atoms If you would have a time, list the words meaning "nearby" in the order from the closest to the farthest
clarification on usage of across and beside - WordReference Forums If A is beside B, we can also say 'A and B are side by side', because the side of A is next to the side of B In the case of a street, if they are side by side, they must be on the same side of the street, and there must be nothing, except perhaps a small gap, between them In other words, the buildings are adjacent On the other hand, if they are across the street from each other, then their
neighbouring seats | WordReference Forums I prefer "adjacent" because the seats are not physically joined one another Well, they are, but conceptually they are two separate seats
next to vs. near vs. close to vs. beside | WordReference Forums "Beside" and "next to" indicate that the object is directly adjacent to the subject, eg 'my phone is beside me', 'he lives next to me' However, "near" and "close to" does not indicate this, and merely shows that it is not far away I might say that I leave "near" or "close to" my friend who lives at the other end of the street, but I wouldn't say I lived "next to" him
On the curb. | WordReference Forums The sidewalk (which we call pavement) is immediately adjacent to the roadway, but a few inches up, and the kerb is the boundary where they meet Ah, that explains it Doesn't sound like you guys are big on tree lawns (as we Midwesterners call the grass strip between the street and the sidewalk)