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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How to use adjunct in a sentence
Paying adjuncts less but having them teach more, and instructors who give As 43 percent of the time?
And you can't just declare that all adjuncts are full-time employees, because a lot of them are just teaching part time.
Most adjuncts don't receive health benefits, and the legislation appeared to pave the way for them to finally get access.
Adjuncts and other “contingent faculty,” such as lecturers, make up more than half of college and university teachers.
Janitors With College Degrees and the Higher-Education Bubble | John Leo | July 18, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTColleges gain another windfall by employing “adjuncts,” the serfs of the academic world, who teach for about $3,700 per course.
Janitors With College Degrees and the Higher-Education Bubble | John Leo | July 18, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
The indeclinable, remain as simple adjuncts to the verbs, and the latter put on the negative form.
The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. SchoolcraftThese two latter adjuncts are not indispensable, but most convenient.
The Complete Bachelor | Walter GermainIn close relation with the income-tax is the estate duty, with its adjuncts of Legacy and Succession Duties.
It is a pity that these valuable adjuncts were not called unto the aid of a more correct interpretation of the great ideal.
In smooth weather these craft were valuable adjuncts to the larger vessels, while in rough weather they were useless.
The Naval History of the United States | Willis J. Abbot.
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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