tɪv adjective
forming an adjunct.
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adjunct (ˈædʒʌŋkt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | something incidental or not essential that is added to something else |
| 2. | a person who is subordinate to another |
| 3. | grammar |
| a. part of a sentence other than the subject or the predicate | |
| b. (in systemic grammar) part of a sentence other than the subject, predicator, object, or complement; usually a prepositional or adverbial group | |
| c. part of a sentence that may be omitted without making the sentence ungrammatical; a modifier | |
| 4. | logic another name for accident |
| —adj | |
| 5. | added or connected in a secondary or subordinate position; auxiliary |
| [C16: from Latin adjunctus, past participle of adjungere to | |
| adjunctive | |
| —adj | |
| 'adjunctly | |
| —adv | |
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Adjunctive
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