Adjective
- 1. contiguous, immediate, close (vs. distant)
- usage: very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past"
- 2. conterminous, contiguous, connected (vs. unconnected)
- usage: connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the 48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states"
- 3. adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring(prenominal), connected (vs. unconnected)
- usage: 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"
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