Word of the Day: Conterminous
PRONUNCIATION: [kuhn-tuhr-muh-nuhs]
MEANING:
adjective: 1. Having a common boundary. 2. Confined within one common boundary. 3. Having the same scope, in time, meaning, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin con- (with) + terminus (boundary, limit). Earliest documented use: 1631.
USAGE: The county and the school district are conterminous
SYNONYMS: abutting, adjoining, bordering, adjacent, contiguous, flanking, flush, fringing, joining, juxtaposed, neighboring, skirting, touching, verging
ANTONYMS: nonadjacent, noncontiguous
PRONUNCIATION: [kuhn-tuhr-muh-nuhs]
MEANING:
adjective: 1. Having a common boundary. 2. Confined within one common boundary. 3. Having the same scope, in time, meaning, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin con- (with) + terminus (boundary, limit). Earliest documented use: 1631.
USAGE: The county and the school district are conterminous
SYNONYMS: abutting, adjoining, bordering, adjacent, contiguous, flanking, flush, fringing, joining, juxtaposed, neighboring, skirting, touching, verging
ANTONYMS: nonadjacent, noncontiguous
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