HOW TO PRONOUNCE
adjacent
/əˈdʒeɪsənt/
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Give “jay” the main beat.
The first and last vowels are relaxed here. The middle begins with the j sound in job and contains the stressed vowel in day.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The cafe is adjacent to the bookstore.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does adjacent mean?
adjective
- Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
- Just before, after, or facing.
- (figuratively) Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
More meanings (3)
noun
- Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
preposition
- Next to; beside.
- (figuratively) Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈdʒeɪsənt/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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He pointed out to me how unlikely it was that organic evolution had taken the same direction in the two adjacent planets.
The bomb sight is fitted near the bomb releasing gear outside the car on the starboard side adjacent to the pilot's seat.
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It is thus attracted toward an adjacent electromagnet when cold and is uninfluenced when hot, and as the result motion is produced.
Of course a crowd collected to give advice and make remarks, and women appeared at the doors and windows of adjacent houses.
Choosing a windy day, they set fire to all the adjacent patches after shouting out warnings to all persons in the fields.