adjacent area

collocation in English

meaningsofadjacentandarea

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adjacent
adjective
uk
/əˈdʒeɪ.sənt/
us
/əˈdʒeɪ.sənt/
very near, next to, ...
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area
noun
uk
/ˈeə.ri.ə/
us
/ˈer.i.ə/
a particular part of a place, piece of land, ...
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(Definition ofadjacentandareafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofadjacent area

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Yet, at times, it was difficult to see where one cor tical area ended and anadjacentareabegan.
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Consequently, one coastal section might experience relatively large amplitudes, while anadjacentareawould be relatively unaffected.
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In 2002, samples were taken from anadjacentareathat was cleared in 1989, but had reverted to grass and was maintained as a grass pathway.
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Thus, we hypothesized that our three studied bird species would show different range use patterns in a fragmented forest landscape when compared with anadjacentareaof contiguous forest.
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Six large new housing estates have been built in theadjacentareain recent years housing hundreds of young families.
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When they camp on illegal sites without any sanitation, they may cause offence and difficulties to those who live in theadjacentarea.
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Just under onethird—and this is also true of theadjacentarea—are over 55.
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It needs only the creation of assisted area status in one area to generate suffering in anadjacentarea.
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None of these can constitute anadjacentareain which large continuous development will or even could extend.
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And is not the argument that we have always advanced against them that they just move people into another immediatelyadjacentarea?
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There are at least four or five schools in the almostadjacentarea.
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As these areas are contiguous, a school in one area may receive pupils from anadjacentarea.
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It might be that a local authority was buying land in anadjacentarea, and meant it for the purposes of ultimately extending its area.
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Is he aware that wide and costly variations exist in one local authority area compared with another authority'sadjacentarea, which hits the disabled and old people extremely hard?
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The boundaries of these areas should include all the main area, or areas, of continuous development and anyadjacentareainto which continuous development will extend.
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These principles covered particularly the protection of the skyline and traditional views, the effect on the immediatelyadjacentarea, and the quality of architectural design and external finish.
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He said that regional planning was so important because the planning of one centre or one area might be spoilt if theadjacentareawere badly planned.
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The default range is the area card that the player is currently on and theadjacentareacard that is paired with it.
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In many instances sheep are held under the shed or in anadjacentareaknown as a sweating shed.
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Heavy metals, including arsenic and mercury, leached from the pile into the immediatelyadjacentarea.
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