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neighboring
neigh·bor N0053400 (nā′bər)n.1. One who lives near or next to another.2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another.3. A fellow human.4. Used as a form of familiar address.v. neigh·bored, neigh·bor·ing, neigh·bors v.tr. To lie close to or border directly on.v.intr. To live or be situated close by.adj. Situated or living near another: a neighbor state.
[Middle English neighebor, from Old English nēahgebūr : nēah, near + gebūr, dweller; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.]neigh•bor•ing (ˈneɪ bər ɪŋ)
adj. adjacent; adjoining. [1595–1605] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | neighboring - having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities"adjacent, conterminous, contiguousconnected - joined or linked together |
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Synonyms for neighboringadj having a common boundary or edgeSynonyms- adjacent
- conterminous
- contiguous
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