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adjunct

[ aj-uhngkt ]

noun

  1. something added to another thing but not essential to it.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. a person associated with lesser status, rank, authority, etc., in some duty or service; assistant.

    Synonyms: ,

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  1. joined or associated, especially in an auxiliary or subordinate relationship.
  2. attached or belonging without full or permanent status:

    an adjunct surgeon on the hospital staff.

adjunct

/ ˈædʒʌŋkt; əˈdʒʌŋktɪv /

noun

  1. something incidental or not essential that is added to something else
  2. a person who is subordinate to another
  3. grammar
    1. part of a sentence other than the subject or the predicate
    2. (in systemic grammar) part of a sentence other than the subject, predicator, object, or complement; usually a prepositional or adverbial group
    3. part of a sentence that may be omitted without making the sentence ungrammatical; a modifier
  4. logic another name for accident
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. added or connected in a secondary or subordinate position; auxiliary
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܲԳٱ, adverb
  • adjunctive, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ܲԳl adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of adjunct1

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
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of adjunct1

C16: from Latin adjunctus, past participle of adjungere to adjoin
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He retired from The Times after 14 years and became an adjunct professor at USC.

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What stung Zelensky more was that Trump, who rang him after he spoke to Putin, seemed to regard him, at best, as a junior adjunct to any peace talks.

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Michael McCarthy, an adjunct professor of environmental analysis at Pitzer College had a less rosy view of the region’s freight and logistics sector.

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Ting is an adjunct professor at The Forsyth Institute and the executive director and a founding committee member of the International Orthodontics Foundation.

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The union would cover eligible employees at all USC schools except for the School of Cinematic Arts, where a separate adjunct faculty union formed in February, and the Keck School of Medicine.

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