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adjunct
[ aj-uhngkt ]
noun
- something added to another thing but not essential to it.
Synonyms: supplement, appendix
- 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.
adjunct
/ ˈædʒʌŋkt; əˈdʒʌŋktɪv /
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
adjective
- added or connected in a secondary or subordinate position; auxiliary
Derived Forms
- ˈadjunctly, adverb
- adjunctive, adjective
Other Words From
- ad·junctly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of adjunct1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"This is about extreme trends that are the outcome of physical interactions we might not completely understand," said lead author Kai Kornhuber, an adjunct scientist at the Columbia Climate School's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
Remember that about 70% of college instructors are adjunct professors who have few job protections.
Hiring adjuncts with industry experience could advise students how to find entry-level work in their future career.
In 2006, he left to start a rival crocodile consultancy business alongside his wife, and later also took on an adjunct research role at Charles Darwin University.
Getting enough rest is an important factor in school success, said Alvord, adjunct professor at George Washington University’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
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