Helen Fenton

Adjoin: Definition and part of speech

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Adjoin

  1. v. i. To join one’s self.
  2. v. t. To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.
  3. v. i. To lie or be next, or in contact; to be contiguous; as, the houses adjoin.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Adjective: Definition and part of speech

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Adjective

  1. n. A dependent; an accessory.
  2. n. Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence.
  3. n. Not standing by itself; dependent.
  4. n. Relating to procedure.
  5. n. A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, “a wise ruler,” wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Adjectival: Definition and part of speech

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Adjectival

  1. a. Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.