adjunct
Americannoun
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something added to another thing but not essential to it.
- Synonyms:
- supplement, appendix
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a person associated with lesser status, rank, authority, etc., in some duty or service; assistant.
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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.
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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
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joined or associated, especially in an auxiliary or subordinate relationship.
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attached or belonging without full or permanent status.
an adjunct surgeon on the hospital staff.
noun
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something incidental or not essential that is added to something else
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a person who is subordinate to another
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grammar
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part of a sentence other than the subject or the predicate
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(in systemic grammar) part of a sentence other than the subject, predicator, object, or complement; usually a prepositional or adverbial group
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part of a sentence that may be omitted without making the sentence ungrammatical; a modifier
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logic another name for accident
adjective
Related Words
See addition.
Other Word Forms
- adjunctive adjective
- adjunctly adverb
Etymology
Origin of adjunct
1580–90; < Latin adjunctus joined to (past participle of adjungere ), equivalent to ad- ad- + jung- (nasal variant of jug- yoke 1 ) + -tus past participle suffix
Example Sentences
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Taking part in patrols and teaching — Cardona is also an adjunct professor at California State University, Northridge — makes self-care a struggle.
From Salon
At least when it comes to wet floating, Choquette says, there’s enough research now that she’d like to see insurance companies cover it as an adjunct treatment for anxiety, in conjunction with therapy.
From Los Angeles Times
He’s listed on another university web page directory for “Integrative Biology and Physiology” as an associate adjunct professor.
From Los Angeles Times
“The party has understood that it cannot design soft power in a meeting room,” said Shaoyu Yuan, an adjunct professor at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs.
Before entering the Reagan White House, Noonan was a producer and writer at CBS News in New York, and an adjunct professor of Journalism at New York University.
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