adjunct
English
Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin adiunctus, perfect passive participle of adiungō (“join to”), from ad + iungō (“join”).
Pronunciation
Noun
adjunct (plural adjuncts)
- An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
- (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Learning is but an adjunct to our self.
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- A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wotton to this entry?)
- (brewing) An unmalted grain or grain product that supplements the main mash ingredient.
- (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.
- (music) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.
- (grammar) A dispensable phrase in a clause or sentence that amplifies its meaning, such as "for a while" in "I typed for a while".
- (syntax, X-bar theory) A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar.
- 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 177:
- We can see from (34) that Determiners are sisters of N-bar and daughters of
N-double-bar; Adjuncts are both sisters and daughters of N-bar; and Comple-
ments are sisters of N and daughters of N-bar. This means that Adjuncts re-
semble Complements in that both are daughters of N-bar; but they differ from
Complements in that Adjuncts are sisters of N-bar, whereas Complements are
sisters of N. Likewise, it means that Adjuncts resemble Determiners in that
both are sisters of N-bar, but they differ from Determiners in that Adjuncts
are daughters of N-bar, whereas Determiners are daughters of N-double-bar.
- We can see from (34) that Determiners are sisters of N-bar and daughters of
- (rhetoric) Symploce.
- (category theory) One of a pair of morphisms which relate to each other through a pair of adjoint functors.
Synonyms
- (something attached to something else): addition, supplement; See also Thesaurus:adjunct
- (person associated with another): See also Thesaurus:associate (colleague) or Thesaurus:attendant (subordinate)
Derived terms
Translations
appendage
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Adjective
adjunct (comparative more adjunct, superlative most adjunct)
- Connected in a subordinate function.
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- Though that my death were adjunct to my act.
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- Added to a faculty or staff in a secondary position.
Translations
Connected in a subordinate function
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