English Explanatory Dictionary

adjunct

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
  2. A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague.
  3. Ellipsis of adjunct professor.
  4. An unmalted grain or grain product that supplements the main mash ingredient.
  5. A quality or property of the body or mind, whether natural or acquired, such as colour in the body or judgement in the mind.
  6. A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.
  7. A phrase within a clause or sentence that is grammatically dispensable but not semantically so, modifying the meaning.
  8. A graphic element that modifies another, such as (in Linear B script) a small syllabogram that is attached to a logogram as an abbreviation of an adjective that modifies that logogram (rather than as a phonetic complement that disambiguates the logogram).
  9. A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar.
  10. Symploce.
  11. One of a pair of morphisms which relate to each other through a pair of adjoint functors.
adj
  1. Connected in a subordinate function.
  2. Added to a faculty or staff in a secondary position.
verb
  1. To work as an adjunct professor.

Pronunciation

/ˈæd͡ʒ.ʌŋkt/ En-us-adjunct.ogg

Word forms

adjunct adjuncts more adjunct most adjunct adjuncting adjuncted

Etymology

From Latin adiunctus, perfect passive participle of adiungō (“join to”), from ad + iungō (“join”). Doublet of adjoint.

Synonyms

accessory accompaniment addition add-on adjunct affix annex apanage appendage appendix extra increase increment supplement associate business partner cohort colaborer /colabourer collaborator colleague compeer confrere consociate coworker /co-worker fellow jobmate workfellow workmate assistant attendant circumstant circumstantial

Antonyms

decrement remainder

Related words

predicate augmentation head complement adjuncting

Derived words

adjuncthood adjunction adjunctive adjunct professor adjunct treatment numerary adjunct adjunctification adjunctly nonadjunct
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