contiguous.

Touching or sharing a boundary, with no intervening gap between the areas concerned.

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Words that belong together

• contiguous districts
• contiguous territory
• contiguous neighborhoods

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The two contiguous districts shared a market but separate councils.

Contiguous neighborhoods could have very different school budgets.

The council sought contiguous parcels so the public site would not be split.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. More exact than nearby. Adjacent often means next to; contiguous makes actual contact explicit. Usually non-gradable in the strict boundary sense.