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Another word for contiguous

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Adjective

  1. Sharing a common boundary

    See also:

    near

  2. Not far from another in space, time, or relation

    Idioms:
    See also:

    near

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Another word for contiguous

Modifier
  1. See also:

    adjacent

    adjacent

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Sentence Examples

  • The teeth of the molar series gradually increase in size and complexity from first to last, and are arranged in contiguous series, except that the first lower premolar is separated by an interval from the second.

  • It is an urban district together with contiguous rural territory.

  • Hoofs of the two middle toes with their contiguous surfaces flattened.

  • Lower Walmer, the portion most frequented by visitors, extends northward along the coast, so as to be contiguous with Deal.

  • The appreciation of such modifications, and of the working of such causes, has been facilitated greatly by the light thrown upon normal processes by advances in physiology; so dependent is each branch of knowledge upon the advances of contiguous and incident studies.

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