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[ adjective ] situated near one another

Examples

"neighbor states"

Used in print

(Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)

Regardless_of rights and wrongs , a population and an area appropriate to a pre World_War_I , great_power have been , following conquest , ruled against their will by a neighboring people , and have had imposed upon them social and economic controls they dislike .

(James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)

The **f layers are stacked normal to the [ 111 ] axis with the lower oxygens of one layer directly above the upper oxygens of the neighboring lower layer , in such a manner that the repeat is every three layers .

(William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)

Instead , he constantly became lost in parts and components of them , confused some of their details with those of neighboring objects , and_so_on , unless he allowed time to `` trace '' the object in_question through minute movements of the head and hands and in this way to discover its contours .

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2
[ adjective ] having a common boundary or edge; touching

Examples

"abutting lots" "adjoining rooms" "Rhode Island has two bordering states Massachusetts and Connecticut" "the side of Germany conterminous with France" "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"

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connected

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