contiguous en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Latin contiguus (“touching”) + -ous, from contingere (“to touch”); see contingent, contact, contagion.
Meanings
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(figuratively, not-comparable, sometimes) Connected; touching; abutting.
It was in this haphazard way that Mr Carrados was fated to be drawn into the curious Shakespeare case—a gossipy letter from an American friend coupled with the Stratford-on-Avon outrage, and the contiguous circumstance that his secretary's sister happened to be in the council of the 'militants'.
1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
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(not-comparable) Adjacent; neighboring.
1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland Though poor the peasant’s hut, his feasts though small, He sees his little lot the lot of all; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head To shame the meanness of his humble shed;
[…] the usual quietness of the day, with us, was broken in upon by the shout of success from the pursuing boats, followed by vehement respondings from the contiguous ship.
1835, William Scoresby, Memorials of the Sea, page 59:
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(not-comparable) Connecting without a break.
Supposing three such houses to be contiguous to a central one, each separated from the latter by a straight wall.
1886, Frank Hamilton Cushing, A Study of Pueblo Pottery as Illustrative of Zuñi Culture Growth:the forty-eight contiguous states
Deriveds
contiguosity · contiguous United States · contiguousness · overcontiguous · subcontiguous · non-contiguous · pseudocontiguous · uncontiguous · contiguous 48 · incontiguous · multicontiguous · contiguously · noncontiguous · semicontiguous · discontiguous
Relateds
Translations (122)
es adyacente (adjacent, neighboring) · fa نزدیک (connected, touching, abutting) · it contiguo (connecting without a break) · da tilgrænsende (connected, touching, abutting) · is aðlægur (connected, touching, abutting) · de zusammen (connected, touching, abutting) · tr elma (connecting without a break) · ru соприкаса́ющийся (connected, touching, abutting) · fi yhtenäinen (connecting without a break) · bg съседен (adjacent, neighboring) · hu határos (adjacent, neighboring) · cmn 毗連的 /毗连的 (connected, touching, abutting) · es cercano (adjacent, neighboring) · nb tilstøtende (connected, touching, abutting) · fa همسایه (adjacent, neighboring) · gl contiguo (connected, touching, abutting) · hu érintkező (connected, touching, abutting) · hu egybekapcsolt (connected, touching, abutting) · nn nærliggjande (adjacent, neighboring) · mi whātata (adjacent, neighboring) · da tilstødende (connected, touching, abutting) · ru непреры́вный (connecting without a break) · fi liittyvä (connected, touching, abutting) · hu egymás mellett fekvő/lévő (adjacent, neighboring) · mi kāpīpiti (connected, touching, abutting) · tr kitap (connecting without a break) · es contiguo (connected, touching, abutting) · ca contigu (connecting without a break) · fa پیوسته (connecting without a break) · ru близлежа́щий (adjacent, neighboring) · de benachbart (adjacent, neighboring) · fa نزدیک (adjacent, neighboring) · hu (egymás) melletti (adjacent, neighboring) · fi naapuri- (adjacent, neighboring) · fi viereinen (connected, touching, abutting) · fi jatkuva (connecting without a break) · hu szomszédos (adjacent, neighboring) · bg граничещ (connected, touching, abutting) · hu összekapcsolt (connected, touching, abutting) · tr komşu (adjacent, neighboring) · mi piritaha (adjacent, neighboring) · nl samenhangend (connecting without a break) · ca contigu (connected, touching, abutting) · cmn 連續的 /连续的 (connecting without a break) · nl aangrenzend (adjacent, neighboring) · fr adjacent (adjacent, neighboring) · mi whātata (connected, touching, abutting) · is samlægur (connecting without a break) · el συνεχόμενος (connecting without a break) · fr contigu (adjacent, neighboring) · cmn 相鄰的 /相邻的 (adjacent, neighboring) · am የተጠጋጋ (connected, touching, abutting) · ru грани́чащий (connected, touching, abutting) · it contiguo (connected, touching, abutting) · ru прилега́ющий (adjacent, neighboring) · fi viereinen (adjacent, neighboring) · la confīnis (adjacent, neighboring) · tr lütfen (connecting without a break) · hu mellette fekvő/lévő (adjacent, neighboring) · ca contigu (adjacent, neighboring) · it contiguo (adjacent, neighboring) · is samlægur (adjacent, neighboring) · gl contiguo (adjacent, neighboring) · bg допиращ се (connected, touching, abutting) · el συνεχόμενος (connected, touching, abutting) · hu folytonos (connecting without a break) · de angrenzend (connected, touching, abutting) · tr yol (connecting without a break) · nn nærliggande (adjacent, neighboring) · nn samanhengande (connecting without a break) · cmn 相接的 (connected, touching, abutting) · es colindante (connecting without a break) · nl verbonden (connected, touching, abutting) · pt contíguo (connected, touching, abutting) · cmn 鄰近的 /邻近的 (adjacent, neighboring) · is samliggjandi (connecting without a break) · hu folyamatos (connecting without a break) · hu összeérő (connected, touching, abutting) · gl estremeiro (connected, touching, abutting) · hu egybefüggő (connecting without a break) · tr ekmek (connecting without a break) · gl veciño (adjacent, neighboring) · sv närliggande (adjacent, neighboring) · tr sınırdaş (adjacent, neighboring) · is samliggjandi (connected, touching, abutting) · es vecino (adjacent, neighboring) · tr telefon (connecting without a break) · pt contíguo (connecting without a break) · tr ardışık (connecting without a break) · de zusammenhängend (connecting without a break) · tr yardım (connecting without a break) · mi piritaha (connected, touching, abutting) · is aðlægur (adjacent, neighboring) · ru прилега́ющий (connected, touching, abutting) · fr voisin (adjacent, neighboring) · el συνεχόμενος (adjacent, neighboring) · ru сме́жный (connected, touching, abutting) · tr bitişik (connected, touching, abutting) · fr contigu (connected, touching, abutting) · is samliggjandi (adjacent, neighboring) · fa همسایه (connected, touching, abutting) · pt contíguo (adjacent, neighboring) · da nærliggende (adjacent, neighboring) · fi vierekkäinen (connected, touching, abutting) · nb nærliggende (adjacent, neighboring) · nb sammenhengende (connecting without a break) · fr contigu (connecting without a break) · hu összefüggő (connecting without a break) · is samlægur (connected, touching, abutting) · de nebeneinanderliegend (connected, touching, abutting) · da sammenhængende (connecting without a break) · fr attenant (connecting without a break) · de angrenzend (adjacent, neighboring) · hu hozzá kapcsolódó (connected, touching, abutting) · gl estremeiro (adjacent, neighboring) · de durchgehend (connected, touching, abutting) · de nahe (adjacent, neighboring) · de verbunden (connected, touching, abutting) · es adosado (connecting without a break) · ru сосе́дний (adjacent, neighboring) · fr continu (connecting without a break) · es contiguo (adjacent, neighboring)