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Definition of Adjunct

1. Noun. Something added to another thing but not an essential part of it.

2. Adjective. Furnishing added support. "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other"

3. Noun. A person who is an assistant or subordinate to another.

4. Adjective. Of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another.

5. Noun. A construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence.

Definition of Adjunct

1. a. Conjoined; attending; consequent.

2. n. Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it.

Definition of Adjunct

1. something attached in a subordinate position [n -S]

Medical Definition of Adjunct

1. 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. 3. 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. A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, colour, in the body, judgment in the mind. 5. A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adjunct

adjudge adjudged adjudges adjudging adjudicate adjudicated adjudicates adjudicating adjudication adjudications

adjudicative adjudicator adjudicators adjudicatory adjunct (current term) adjunct (current term) adjunction adjunctions adjunctive adjunctly

adjuncts adjuration adjurations adjuratory adjure adjured adjurer adjurers adjures adjuring

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