adjunct
[ aj-uhngkt ]
/ ˈædʒ ʌŋkt /
noun
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.
adjective
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
SYNONYMS FOR adjunct
synonym study for adjunct
1. See
addition.
OTHER WORDS FROM adjunct
ad·junct·ly, adverbWords nearby adjunct
adjudge,
adjudicate,
adjudication,
adjudicator,
adjugate,
adjunct,
adjunct professor,
adjunction,
adjunctive,
adjuration,
adjure
Example sentences from the Web for adjunct
British Dictionary definitions for adjunct
adjunct
/ (ˈædʒʌŋkt) /
noun
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)
adjective
added or connected in a secondary or subordinate position; auxiliary
Derived forms of adjunct
adjunctive (əˈdʒʌŋktɪv), adjective adjunctly, adverbWord Origin for adjunct
C16: from Latin
adjunctus, past participle of
adjungere to
adjoin