contiguous
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, rear, select, united
VERB + CONTIGUOUS
land, sees
CONTIGUOUS + NOUN
palace, sectors
PREP.
across, from, in, since
Definitions
adj
Connected; touching; abutting.
Adjacent; neighboring.
1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland Though poor the peasant’s hut, his feasts though small, He sees his little lot the lot of all; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head To shame the meanness of his humble shed;
[…] the usual quietness of the day, with us, was broken in upon by the shout of success from the pursuing boats, followed by vehement respondings from the contiguous ship.
Connecting without a break.
the forty-eight contiguous states
Supposing three such houses to be contiguous to a central one, each separated from the latter by a straight wall.
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61730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland Though poor the peasant’s hut, his feasts though small, He sees his little lot the lot of all; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head To shame
Wiktionary[…] the usual quietness of the day, with us, was broken in upon by the shout of success from the pursuing boats, followed by vehement respondings from the contiguous ship.
Wiktionarythe forty-eight contiguous states
WiktionaryFor the contiguous 48 states, 7 of the 10 warmest years on record have occurred since 1998.
Tatoeba · #3651026I just acquired some land that's contiguous to your farm.
Tatoeba · #4739439Select all contiguous sectors.
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