Adjacent Words

Adjunct definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AD'JUNCT, n. [L. adjunctus, joined, from adjungo. See Join.]
1. Something added to another, but not essentially a part of it; as, water absorbed by a cloth or spunge is its adjunct. Also a person joined to another.
2. In metaphysics, a quality of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as color, in the body; thinking, in the mind.
3. In grammar, words added to illustrate or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American revolution. The words in Italics are the adjuncts of History.
4. In music, the word is employed to denominate the relation between the principal mode and the modes of its two fifths.
The adjunct deities, among the Romans, were inferior deities which were added as assistants to the principal gods; as Bellona to Mars; to Vulcan, the Cabiri; to the Good Genius, the Lares; to the Evil, the Lemures.
In the royal academy of sciences at Paris, the adjuncts are certain members attached to the study of particular sciences. They are twelve in number, created in 1716.
Adjunct has been used for a colleague, but rarely.
AD'JUNCT, a. Added to or united with, as an adjunct professor.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other" [syn: accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary]
2: of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another [syn: adjunct, assistant] n
1: something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
2: a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
3: 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

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Latin adjunctum, from neuter of adjunctus, past participle of adjungere Date: 1588 1. something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it 2. 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 (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 2 3. a. an associate or assistant of another b. an adjunct faculty member at a college or university 4. adjuvant b • adjunctive adjective II. adjective Date: 1594 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 adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 (foll. by to, of) a subordinate or incidental thing. 2 an assistant; a subordinate person, esp. one with temporary appointment only. 3 Gram. a word or phrase used to explain or amplify the predicate, subject, etc. Derivatives: adjunctive adj. adjunctively adv. Etymology: L adjunctus: see ADJOIN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Adjunct 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Adjunct 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(adjuncts) 1. Something that is an adjunct to something larger or more important is connected with it or helps to perform the same task. Physical therapy is an important adjunct to drug treatments... = appendage N-COUNT: oft N to/of n 2. In grammar, an adjunct is a word or group of words which indicates the circumstances of an action, event, or situation. An adjunct is usually a prepositional phrase or an adverb group. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Addition, appendage, appurtenance, dependency, attachment, addendum, something added, modifier, subordinate part, accessary, accessory, minor detail.

Moby Thesaurus

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