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abut
a·but A0031200 (ə-bŭt′)v. a·but·ted, a·but·ting, a·buts v.intr. To touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent.v.tr.1. To border upon or end at; be next to.2. To support as an abutment. [Middle English abutten, from Old French abouter, to border on (a-, to from Latin ad-; see ad- + bouter, to strike; see bhau- in Indo-European roots) and from Old French abuter, to end at (from but, end; see butt4).] a·but′ter n.abut (əˈbʌt) vb, abuts, abutting or abutted (usually foll by: on, upon, or against) to adjoin, touch, or border on (something) at one end[C15: from Old French abouter to join at the ends, border on; influenced by abuter to touch at an end, buttress]a•but (əˈbʌt) v. a•but•ted, a•but•ting. v.i. 1. to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often fol. by on, upon, or against). v.t. 2. to be adjacent to; border on; end at. 3. to support by an abutment. [1425–75; late Middle English < Middle French, Old French abuter touch at one end, v. derivative of a but to (the) end; see a-5, butt2] a•but′ter, n. abut Past participle: abutted Gerund: abutting
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I abut | you abut | he/she/it abuts | we abut | you abut | they abut |
Preterite |
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I abutted | you abutted | he/she/it abutted | we abutted | you abutted | they abutted |
Present Continuous |
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I am abutting | you are abutting | he/she/it is abutting | we are abutting | you are abutting | they are abutting |
Present Perfect |
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I have abutted | you have abutted | he/she/it has abutted | we have abutted | you have abutted | they have abutted |
Past Continuous |
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I was abutting | you were abutting | he/she/it was abutting | we were abutting | you were abutting | they were abutting |
Past Perfect |
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I had abutted | you had abutted | he/she/it had abutted | we had abutted | you had abutted | they had abutted |
Future |
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I will abut | you will abut | he/she/it will abut | we will abut | you will abut | they will abut |
Future Perfect |
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I will have abutted | you will have abutted | he/she/it will have abutted | we will have abutted | you will have abutted | they will have abutted |
Future Continuous |
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I will be abutting | you will be abutting | he/she/it will be abutting | we will be abutting | you will be abutting | they will be abutting |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been abutting | you have been abutting | he/she/it has been abutting | we have been abutting | you have been abutting | they have been abutting |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been abutting | you will have been abutting | he/she/it will have been abutting | we will have been abutting | you will have been abutting | they will have been abutting |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been abutting | you had been abutting | he/she/it had been abutting | we had been abutting | you had been abutting | they had been abutting |
Conditional |
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I would abut | you would abut | he/she/it would abut | we would abut | you would abut | they would abut |
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I would have abutted | you would have abutted | he/she/it would have abutted | we would have abutted | you would have abutted | they would have abutted | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | abut - lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"butt, butt against, butt on, adjoin, edge, border, marchadjoin, contact, touch, meet - be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"neighbor, neighbour - be located near or adjacent to; "Pakistan neighbors India" |
abutverb adjoin, join, touch, border, neighbour, link to, attach to, combine with, connect with, couple with, communicate with, annex, meet, unite with, verge on, impinge, append, affix to He lived in a house abutting our hotel.abutverbTo be contiguous or next to:adjoin, border, bound, butt, join, meet, neighbor, touch, verge.Translationsbordearaboutiraffrontertoucheraccostareappoggiarsi aconfinareconfinare conessere a ridosso digrenzenграничитьприлегатьпримыкатьупиратьсяabut
abut (up) againstTo lean or press onto something else. Thanks to all that flooding, the old shed now abuts against the house. That tree is abutting up against your roof—you need to have someone come and take it down.See also: abutabut onTo adjoin or meet at an edge or boundary. He is finding it difficult to sell his house since his property abuts on a cemetery.See also: abut, onabut on something[particularly of the edge of an area of land] to meet or touch something along one boundary or at one point. Our land abuts on the shopping center's parking lot.See also: abut, onabut (up) against somethingto rest firmly against something solid. The end of the board abutted against the foundation.See also: abutAbut
AbutTo meet or touch with an end, as on a construction member meeting an adjoining one.abutTo adjoin at an end; to be contiguous.Abut
AbutTo reach; to touch. To touch at the end; be contiguous; join at a border or boundary; terminate on; end at; border on; reach or touch with an end. The term abutting implies a closer proximity than the term adjacent. When referring to real property, abutting means that there is no intervening land between the abutting parcels. Generally, properties that share a common boundary are abutting. A statute may require abutting owners to pay proportional shares of the cost of a street improvement project. abutv. when two parcels of real property touch each other. abut
AbutTo touch or to lie next to. The term is used in property to determine the obligations of a homeowner or the municipality.abut Next to, touching, contiguous. Typically arises in the context of whether property owners have a duty to clean snow, ice, and debris from the sidewalks abutting their property.abut
Synonyms for abutverb adjoinSynonyms- adjoin
- join
- touch
- border
- neighbour
- link to
- attach to
- combine with
- connect with
- couple with
- communicate with
- annex
- meet
- unite with
- verge on
- impinge
- append
- affix to
Synonyms for abutverb to be contiguous or next toSynonyms- adjoin
- border
- bound
- butt
- join
- meet
- neighbor
- touch
- verge
Synonyms for abutverb lie adjacent to another or share a boundarySynonyms- butt
- butt against
- butt on
- adjoin
- edge
- border
- march
Related Words- adjoin
- contact
- touch
- meet
- neighbor
- neighbour
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