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Adjunct

Adjunct Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Adjunct? [n] a construction that is part of a sentence but not essential to its meaning and can be omitted without making the sentence ungrammatical [n] something added to another thing but not an essential part of it [n] a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another [adj] of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another [adj] relating to something that is added but is not essential; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Adjunct: accessory \| adjuvant \| ancillary \| appurtenant \| assistant \| auxiliary \| low-level \| subordinate \| subsidiary \| supportive Related Terms \| Find terms related to Adjunct: accession \| accessory \| accident \| accidental \| accord \| accretion \| addendum \| addition \| adjunction \| adornment \| affairs \| affiliation \| affinity \| affix \| affixation \| agglutination \| aggrandizement \| alliance \| ally \| ampliation \| amplification \| annexation \| appanage \| appendage \| appendix \| approximation \| appurtenance \| arrangement \| aspect \| assemblage \| associate \| association \| attachment \| attendant \| augmentation \| auxiliary \| bedfellow \| bond \| broadening \| brother \| brother-in-arms \| circumstance \| closeness \| coadjutor \| cohort \| collateral \| colleague \| color \| color patterns \| combination \| companion \| compatriot \| compeer \| component \| comrade \| concomitant \| confederate \| confrere \| connectedness \| connection \| consociate \| consort \| constituent \| contents \| contiguity \| contingency \| contingent \| contrariety \| corollary \| crescendo \| crony \| cross section \| dealings \| decor \| decoration \| deduction \| deployment \| detachment \| detail \| disjunction \| dispersion \| division \| dole \| elaboration \| element \| embellishment \| emblazonment \| emblazonry \| embroidery \| enlargement \| expansion \| extension \| extra \| factor \| fanning out \| feature \| fellow \| fellow member \| filiation \| fixings \| fixture \| flare \| flourish \| flower arrangement \| fraction \| furniture arrangement \| garnish \| garnishment \| garniture \| happenstance \| hiking \| homology \| illumination \| incidental \| increase \| inessential \| ingredient \| installment \| integrant \| intercourse \| intimacy \| item \| joining \| junction \| juxtaposition \| liaison \| link \| linkage \| linking \| magnification \| makings \| mere chance \| mutual attraction \| nearness \| nonessential \| not-self \| ornament \| ornamentation \| other \| parcel \| part \| part and parcel \| particular \| percentage \| portion \| prefixation \| propinquity \| proximity \| quadrant \| quarter \| quota \| raising \| random sample \| rapport \| reinforcement \| relatedness \| relation \| relations \| relationship \| remainder \| sample \| sampling \| secondary \| section \| sector \| segment \| share \| similarity \| specialty \| splay \| spread \| spreading \| subdivision \| subgroup \| subsidiary \| subspecies \| suffixation \| superaddition \| superfetation \| superjunction \| superposition \| supplement \| supplementation \| sympathy \| tie \| tie-in \| trim \| trimming \| unessential \| union \| uniting \| upping \| widening \| window dressing See Also \| associate \| construction \| expression \| grammatical construction \| inessential \| nonessential \| parenthetical \| parenthetical expression Adjunct In Webster's Dictionary \Ad"junct`\, a. [L. adjunctus, p. p. of adjungere. See {Adjoin}.] Conjoined; attending; consequent. Though that my death were adjunct to my act. --Shak. {Adjunct notes} (Mus.), short notes between those essential to the harmony; auxiliary notes; passing notes. \Ad"junct`\, n. 1. Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it. Learning is but an adjunct to our self. --Shak. 2. A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate. --Wotton. 3. (Gram.) 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.'' 4. (Metaph.) A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind. 5. (Mus.) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See {Attendant keys}, under {Attendant}, a.

Adjunct Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Adjunct?

[n] a construction that is part of a sentence but not essential to its meaning and can be omitted without making the sentence ungrammatical
[n] something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
[n] a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
[adj] of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
[adj] relating to something that is added but is not essential; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other"

Adjunct In Webster's Dictionary

\Ad"junct`\, a. [L. adjunctus, p. p. of adjungere. See
{Adjoin}.]
Conjoined; attending; consequent.

      Though that my death were adjunct to my act. --Shak.

{Adjunct notes} (Mus.), short notes between those essential
   to the harmony; auxiliary notes; passing notes.


\Ad"junct`\, n.
1. Something joined or added to another thing, but not
   essentially a part of it.

         Learning is but an adjunct to our self. --Shak.

2. A person joined to another in some duty or service; a
   colleague; an associate. --Wotton.

3. (Gram.) 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.''

4. (Metaph.) A quality or property of the body or the mind,
   whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body,
   judgment in the mind.

5. (Mus.) 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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