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2007年11月30日 · Adjacent is falling out of fashion, and 'next to' or (for emphasis) 'right next to' would be used. 'Right' in this usage means immediately or absolutely next to. In the example quoted, which sounds like a user manual, I would prefer to be more precise and say 'the function is labelled above the button' (or below, left, right, or wherever)
close, nearby, adjacent etc..., which is the nearest?
2011年2月4日 · 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. (e.g.) abutting = adjoining < contiguous (formal) = adjacent < proximal < close < nearby = neighboring (formal) (its my current ...
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2018年9月18日 · "Contiguous" applies to both space and time, and is the only word I can think of. In a legal context, "consecutive" prison sentences come one after another without a break, but the usual meaning of "consecutive" allows a gap between two events, as does "subsequent".
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2018年2月7日 · In exact usage, adjacent means "lying near," "close at hand," "neighboring," and contiguous means "touching," "in actual contact." Beads strung loosely are adjacent; if strung tightly, they are contiguous. In general usage, however, the words are interchangeable. Adjacent, much the more commonly used word, has these approximate synonyms:
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2021年8月7日 · What does it mean? adjacent corner I visited another café close to the one where we had our quick lunch, ordered a coffee and pastry and lingered over my small meal, as I waited for Lisa to arrive at an adjacent corner with the suitcase. (Traitor-V.S Alexander)
am I 'adjacent' to the room? [usage] - WordReference Forums
2012年4月3日 · 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 rely on the word "near."
The neighbor to my left/right/front/back | WordReference Forums
2021年10月3日 · There are some conventions for houses. A neighbor whose house is adjacent to your house is "next door" to you. He is your "next-door neightbor". A neighbor whose house is directly across the street from you is "the house across the street". In …
"in" or "at" the area | WordReference Forums
2005年11月6日 · Hello, what preposition should be used with "area" when talking about the area around a definite street in a city. for example: I don't want to live in (or at) (name of the street) area. Or maybe there's another way to specify the area adjacent to a street. thank you :)
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2020年7月23日 · Hi all, Am I right in saying that the choice of "are" vs "is" after the word "below" depends on what comes after the word? e.g. Below is what you need to do. e.g. Below are the things you must remember. Another question I have is whether the above sentences can be rewritten as follows? e.g...
sit on/at the table. | WordReference Forums
2011年10月18日 · This is how it seems to me anyway, as a native speaker of English. Do other people agree there are circumstances where you would say "on a table"? Note that "on a table" and "at the table" are not in free variation and "on the table" cannot replace "at the table" where it means "sitting adjacent to the table in readiness to eat".