Associations to the word «Adjunct»

ADJUNCT, noun. An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.

ADJUNCT, noun. A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague.

ADJUNCT, noun. (grammar) A dispensable phrase in a clause or sentence that amplifies its meaning, such as "for a while" in "I typed for a while".

ADJUNCT, noun. (rhetoric) Symploce.

ADJUNCT, noun. (dated) (metaphysics) A quality or property of the body or mind, whether natural or acquired, such as colour in the body or judgement in the mind.

ADJUNCT, noun. (music) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.

ADJUNCT, noun. (syntax) (X-bar theory) A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar.

ADJUNCT, adjective. Connected in a subordinate function.

ADJUNCT, adjective. Added to a faculty or staff in a secondary position.

ADJUNCT TREATMENT, noun. (Medicine) An additional treatment (e.g., a drug or procedure) used for increasing the efficacy or safety of a primary treatment.

ADJUNCT TREATMENTS, noun. Plural of adjunct treatment

ADJUNCT, noun. Something added to another thing but not an essential part of it.

ADJUNCT, noun. A person who is an assistant or subordinate to another.

ADJUNCT, 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.

ADJUNCT, adjective. Furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other".

ADJUNCT, adjective. Of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another.