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contiguous

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore C words

sharing a border or touching; next to one another

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Contiguous in a sentence

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The ranch spans several contiguous counties along the river.

Synonyms
adjacentadjoiningabuttingneighboring
Antonyms
separatedetacheddistant

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The treaty was hailed as a triumph of diplomacy, yet historians now regard its terms as blank, since they merely postponed the conflicts they claimed to resolve.

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Contiguous (adjective) means sharing a border or touching; next to one another
Here is contiguous used in an example sentence: "The ranch spans several contiguous counties along the river."
Common synonyms for contiguous include adjacent, adjoining, abutting, neighboring.
Antonyms of contiguous include separate, detached, distant.
Contiguous is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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