Meaning & Definition of Contiguous in English

1. Very close or connected in space or time

• "Contiguous events"

• "Immediate contact"

• "The immediate vicinity"

• "The immediate past"

2. Connecting without a break

• Within a common boundary

• "The 48 conterminous states"

• "The contiguous 48 states"

3. Having a common boundary or edge

• Abutting

• Touching

• "Rhode island has two bordering states

• Massachusetts and conncecticut"

• "The side of germany conterminous with france"

• "Utah and the contiguous state of idaho"

• "Neighboring cities"