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adjunct

1 of 2

noun

ad·​junct ˈa-ˌjəŋ(k)t How to pronounce adjunct (audio)
1
: something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it
The website is designed as an adjunct to the book.
2
grammar
a
: a word or word group that qualifies or completes the meaning of another word or other words and is not itself a main structural element in its sentence
b
: an adverb or adverbial phrase (such as heartily in "They ate heartily" or at noon in "We left at noon") attached to the verb of a clause especially to express a relation of time, place, frequency, degree, or manner compare disjunct sense 2
3
a
: an associate or assistant of another
b
: an adjunct faculty member at a college or university (see adjunct entry 2 sense 2)
4
: adjuvant sense b
adjunctive
a-ˈjəŋ(k)-tiv How to pronounce adjunct (audio)
ə-
adjective

adjunct

2 of 2

adjective

1
: added or joined as an accompanying object or circumstance
2
: attached in a subordinate or temporary capacity to a staff
an adjunct professor
adjunctly
ˈa-ˌjəŋ(k)-tlē How to pronounce adjunct (audio)
-ˌjəŋk-lē
adverb

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Breaking Down Adjunct

With its prefix, ad-, meaning "to or toward", adjunct implies that one thing is "joined to" another. A car wash may be operated as an adjunct to a gas station. An adjunct professor is one who's attached to the college without being a full member of the salaried faculty. And anyone trying to expand his or her vocabulary will find that daily reading of a newspaper is a worthwhile adjunct to actual vocabulary study.

Synonyms

Noun

Example Sentences

Noun Because Joseph Ellis has been an outspoken critic of social and women's history, he appears a peculiar choice to write the foreword, despite his many publications on the Revolutionary era. Unsurprisingly, perhaps, he treats Abigail here more as her husband's adjunct and supporter than as her own woman. Anthony Lewis, New York Times Book Review, 4 Nov. 2007 As an adjunct to its basic educational role, the public library will increasingly serve as an access point to the resources of other libraries as well as to nonlibrary sources of publicly available information. Fred Lerner, The Story of Libraries, (1945) 1998 In A.D. 400 western Europe was merely a geographic expression. Roman civilization was centered on the Mediterranean, and France, England, and the Rhine valley were mere adjuncts of the Mediterranean world. Norman F. Cantor, The Civilization of the Middle Ages, 1993 Massage therapy can be used as an adjunct along with the medication. In “They ate heartily,” the word heartily is an adjunct and in “We left at noon,” the phrase at noon is an adjunct. Adjective But it's Sainte-Marie's less-well-known life as a computer geek—and an adjunct professor of digital art, Native American studies, and philosophy at several universities—that brings her to midtown Manhattan today. Ophira Edut, Ms., August/September 1999 There is a terrible shortage of jobs in the universities, where, increasingly, men and women with Ph.D.s hang on to various forms of underpaid adjunct posts. Believe me, it happens at Harvard, too. Martin Peretz, New Republic, 5 July 1999 Using his chauffeur-driven car as an adjunct office, the designer shuttles among the design ateliers of his three major collections: the one that bears his name; Chanel, and, after a seven-year hiatus, Chloé. Carrie Donovan, New York Times Magazine, 11 Oct. 1992 massage therapy as an adjunct treatment See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
In today’s heterogeneous world of Domain-Specific Processors, parallel processing of large data sets is a critical adjunct to scalar processing. Karl Freund, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 Eight of her uncles and aunts are CUNY graduates, and her father once taught Africana studies and French as an adjunct at Brooklyn College. Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2022 The June 18 event is an adjunct to the big collectors’ kahuna that happened back in April, with just under 80 exclusive vinyl titles being released for this bonus RSD, versus the roughly 400 shoppers got in mid-spring. Chris Willman, Variety, 18 June 2022 The degree to which the super PAC worked as something of an adjunct to the campaign itself is remarkable. New York Times, 4 May 2022 Most of the time, though, if an adjunct is let go, it’s because a university faces budget cuts or if the professor didn’t perform well, Austin said. The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Feb. 2022 Do keep in mind, however, that a water flosser is an adjunct to flossing and does not take the place of traditional flossing. Susan Brickell, Health.com, 31 Jan. 2022 There’s no scientific literature to back this up, other than some discussions of walking as an adjunct to a beginner running program or for injury rehab, such as Walsh’s work with ACLs. Richard A. Lovett, Outside Online, 6 Mar. 2020 Professor Christopher Eccles wants to keep Tessa close to him, toiling as an adjunct. Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2021
Adjective
Roett does remember Kendall Myers, a longtime adjunct professor and former State Department intelligence analyst, who in 2009 pleaded guilty (along with his wife Gwen) to spying for Cuba for nearly 30 years. Jennifer Conrad, WIRED, 1 Sep. 2022 Many at the university were unaware of the employee policy until last year, when gay adjunct nursing professor Jéaux Rinedahl sued the university for discrimination after he was denied a full-time position. Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 23 June 2022 He has also been nominated for a Grammy Award in the past, serves as an adjunct instructor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and is from Chicago. Giovana Gelhoren, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2022 Throughout the outcry, the university continued to support and defend the conservative justice’s position as an adjunct faculty member who has taught at GW Law for over a decade. Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 29 July 2022 Leon is now working for Community Health Network and remains an adjunct faculty member at IU School of Medicine. Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star, 18 May 2022 If all that isn’t novel enough, Twomey also has been an adjunct college staff member, author, property redeveloper, chairman for the Mason Temple Board of Trustees and president of the Kenosha Unified school board. Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2021 Andrew Neff is an adjunct faculty member in psychology at Rochester University in New York. Andrew Neff, CNN, 25 Nov. 2021 Maynard has, at times, been an adjunct faculty member and part-time lecturer Santa Clara University and Sonoma State University, but not recently, the universities have said. Phil Helsel, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

borrowed from Latin adjunctum "concomitant factor," from neuter of adjunctus adjunct entry 2

Adjective

borrowed from Latin adjunctus, past participle of adjungere "to link up, join, add, attach" — more at adjoin

First Known Use

Noun

1554, in the meaning defined at sense 3a

Adjective

1516, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of adjunct was in 1516

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