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1. (n.) adjunct
something added to another thing but not essential to it.
2. adjunct
a person associated with lesser rank, authority, etc., in some duty or service; assistant.
3. adjunct
a person working at an institution, as a college, without full or permanent status.
4. adjunct
a modifying word or phrase depending on some other word or phrase.
5. adjunct
an element of clause structure with adverbial function.
6. (adj.) adjunct
joined or associated, esp. in an auxiliary or subordinate relationship.
7. adjunct
attached or belonging without full or permanent status:
adjunct professor.
Etymology: (1580–90; < L adjunctus, ptp. of adjungere to join to =ad-ad - +jungere to join)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) adjunct
something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
2. (noun) adjunct
a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
3. (adj) adjunct
a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence
4. (adj) accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary
furnishing added support
"an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other"
5. (adj) adjunct, assistant
of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) adjunct
conjoined; attending; consequent
2. (noun) adjunct
something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it
3. (noun) adjunct
a person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate
4. (noun) adjunct
a word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution, where the words in italics are the adjunct or adjuncts of "History."
5. (noun) adjunct
a quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind
6. (noun) adjunct
a key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a
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