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Wed 13 Dec, 2017 08:05 am
Does "being so near as to be touching" mean "being so near as to be touching each other"?
Context:
adjacency
n.
the attribute of being so near as to be touching
-From WordNet
Generally, yes.
But it can apply to other situations.
She parked the car so near the wall as to be touching.
Context helps with questions like this. What is the sentence in question?
@PUNKEY,
Nothing. It is lexicography. No more context available.
@oristarA,
Ori my immediate concept was kinda confusing. At first I interpreted 'touching' to mean heartwarming. But then there's a vague kind of contradiction being near to something and touching it at the same time
@oristarA,
oristarA wrote:Does "being so near as to be touching" mean "being so near as to be touching each other"?
It means exactly that. The formulation being so [cause] as to be [effect] is common. Being so hot as to be burning. Being so cold as to be frozen.
@centrox,
Thanks Ori, of course, but it was the def I was add.ing
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