adjunct

Meanings

• noun

  A person, organization, or thing that supplements or adds to something else.

  - "The consulting firm serves as an adjunct to the law firm."
  - "The professor serves as an adjunct to the university."
  - "The student is an adjunct member of the club."

• noun

  A subordinate or auxiliary person or thing.

  - "The garage is an adjunct to the house."
  - "The library is an adjunct to the school."
  - "The garden is an adjunct to the house."

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Pronunciation

1. /ˈædʒ.ʌŋkt/
   
   
   
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Synonyms

addition , supplement

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with adjunct
adjunctive , subjunct , objective , subjective

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Variants

List of all variants of adjunct that leads to same result
adjunct , adjunctive , adjuncts , adjunctly

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Etymology

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Late Middle English: from Latin adjungere, from ad- 'to' + jungere 'to join'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'adjunct' is derived from the Latin word 'adjungere', which means 'to join to'.

2. In academic circles, an 'adjunct professor' is a faculty member who is not tenured and teaches courses on a part-time or temporary basis.

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Related Concepts

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1. complement: While 'adjunct' refers to something that adds to or completes something else, a 'complement' is something that makes something else complete or perfect.

2. supplement: A 'supplement' is something that adds to or completes something else, often in the form of a nutritional supplement.

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Quotes

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1. 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,{it}The Story of Libraries{/it},(1945) 1998

2. 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,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},4 Nov. 2007

3. 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,{it}The Civilization of the Middle Ages{/it},1993

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Culture

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In literature, the term 'adjunct' has been used to refer to a character or element that adds depth or meaning to a story. In art, it can refer to a secondary but important element in a composition.

How to Memorize "adjunct"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person or thing adding something to make it complete.
   - Visualize a subordinate or auxiliary element in a composition.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'adjunct' with the idea of adding or completing something.
   - Associate the word 'adjunct' with the idea of a subordinate or auxiliary element.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the 'A' in 'adjunct' stands for 'adds' or 'auxiliary'.
   - Think of the word 'adjunct' as meaning 'adds on' or 'adds to'.

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