Definition of Adjunct

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Adjunct

Conjoined; attending; consequent.

Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it.

A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate.

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."

A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind.

A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a.

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Adjunct Quotations

But in the right-wing media, they do have a right-wing bias. And they also have an agenda. So their agenda is: we're an adjunct of the Republican Party, and we're going push that agenda every day, and, as you say, brand these stories that help further the right-wing cause.
Al Franken

So no one should rely on television either for their knowledge of music or for news. There's just more going on. It's an adjunct to the written word, which I think is still the most important thing.
Kurt Loder

The record company started as an adjunct to that, to give young composers their first recorded performances; to give young musicians their first debut on a recording. These are all things that big record companies would never touch because there is no money in it!
Gunther Schuller

I think voiceover is an adjunct that actors have picked up that have given us some security.
Robert Stack

Mostly, I was only interested in television as a kid, and the majority of reading material I collected was an adjunct to that central concern, comic books and magazines included.
Chris Ware

Man has now become an adjunct to perfect and carry forward these conquests.
Albert Claude

Adjunct Translations

adjunct in Swedish is tillsats, komplement

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