adjunct
something added to another thing but not essential to it.
a person associated with lesser status, rank, authority, etc., in some duty or service; assistant.
a person working at an institution, as a college or university, without having full or permanent status: My lawyer works two nights a week as an adjunct, teaching business law at the college.
Grammar. a modifying form, word, or phrase depending on some other form, word, or phrase, especially an element of clause structure with adverbial function.
joined or associated, especially in an auxiliary or subordinate relationship.
attached or belonging without full or permanent status: an adjunct surgeon on the hospital staff.
Origin of adjunct
1synonym study For adjunct
Other words for adjunct
Other words from adjunct
- ad·junct·ly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for adjunct
/ (ˈædʒʌŋkt) /
something incidental or not essential that is added to something else
a person who is subordinate to another
grammar
part of a sentence other than the subject or the predicate
(in systemic grammar) part of a sentence other than the subject, predicator, object, or complement; usually a prepositional or adverbial group
part of a sentence that may be omitted without making the sentence ungrammatical; a modifier
logic another name for accident (def. 4)
added or connected in a secondary or subordinate position; auxiliary
Origin of adjunct
1Derived forms of adjunct
- adjunctive (əˈdʒʌŋktɪv), adjective
- adjunctly, adverb
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