neighboring Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb live or be located as a neighbor
    neighbour; neighbor.
    • the neighboring house
  2. verb be located near or adjacent to
    neighbour; neighbor.
    • Pakistan neighbors India
  3. adjective satellite having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"
    conterminous; contiguous; adjacent.
    • Rhode Island has two bordering states
    • the side of Germany conterminous with France
    • Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho
    • neighboring cities

WordNet


Neigh"bor*ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Living or being near; adjacent; as, the neighboring nations or countries.

Webster 1913