"adjunct" Definition

Definitions for the word "adjunct" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. a.
Conjoined; attending; consequent.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
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."
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
1 (foll. By to, of) subordinate or incidental thing. 2 gram. Word or phrase used to explain or amplify the predicate, subject, etc. [latin: related to *adjoin]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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