adjunct

American  

[aj-uhngkt] / ˈædʒ ʌŋkt /

noun

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

   Synonyms:

   supplement, appendix

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

   Synonyms:

   attaché, aide

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.

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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 British  

/ 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

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adjective

1. added or connected in a secondary or subordinate position; auxiliary

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

Mr. Wallsten is a professor of political science at California State University, Long Beach and an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute.

From The Wall Street Journal

“No more cutesy names,” said Littlejohn, an adjunct professor at a business college.

From The Wall Street Journal

State and local election officials will be able to report results faster if voters return their mail ballots earlier, says Stephen Richer, adjunct scholar with Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dr. Martin, who holds an adjunct position at La Trobe University and is a postdoctoral research fellow at Cambridge, will continue this work alongside La Trobe students.

From Science Daily

Beyond his on-screen roles, Finn was an improv performer and also taught at the University of Colorado, where he was an adjunct professor.

From BBC