"adjoin" meaning in English

See adjoin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əˈd͡ʒɔɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-adjoin.wav , En-us-adjoin.oga Forms: adjoins [present, singular, third-person], adjoining [participle, present], adjoined [participle, past], adjoined [past]
enPR: ə-join' Rhymes: -ɔɪn Etymology: From Anglo-Norman adjoindre, from Latin adiungō. Etymology templates: {{der|en|xno|adjoindre}} Anglo-Norman adjoindre, {{der|en|la|adiungō}} Latin adiungō Head templates: {{en-verb}} adjoin (third-person singular simple present adjoins, present participle adjoining, simple past and past participle adjoined)
  1. (transitive) To be in contact or connection with. Tags: transitive Translations (to be in contact or connection with): гранича (graniča) (Bulgarian), допирам се (dopiram se) (Bulgarian), sousedit (Czech), adjoindre (French), testar (Galician), грани́чить (graníčitʹ) (Russian), примыка́ть (primykátʹ) (Russian), сосе́дствовать (sosédstvovatʹ) (Russian), bi dlùth ri (Scottish Gaelic), lindar con (Spanish), colindar con (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-adjoin-en-verb-~Rz54pbQ Disambiguation of 'to be in contact or connection with': 100 0
  2. (transitive, mathematics, chiefly algebra and number theory) To extend an algebraic object (e.g. a field, a ring, etc.) by adding to it an element not belonging to it and then ensuring closure, for example by also adding all finite power series of the element. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Algebra, Mathematics, Number theory Translations (mathematics: to add (an element) to a structure): adjoindre (French)
    Sense id: en-adjoin-en-verb-OJhveTpg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 87 Topics: algebra, mathematics, number-theory, sciences Disambiguation of 'mathematics: to add (an element) to a structure': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: adjoinedly, adjoining Related terms: adjunction

Inflected forms

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