Word:
Contiguous
Status:
Adjective
Meaning:
Used to describe things that touch each other or are immediately next to each other.
Sentences:
1) Connecticut and Massachusetts are contiguous states.
2) He served two contiguous terms in office(refers to 'presidency').
Origin:
Latin contiguus, from contingere which means 'to have contact with'.
First use:
circa 1609
Synonyms:
abutting, adjoining, bordering, adjacent, flanking, flush.
Antonyms:
nonadjacent, noncontiguous.
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