Adjunct: meaning, definitions and examples
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adjunct
[ หรฆdสสลkt ]
employment
A person who is hired temporarily or on a part-time basis to assist with specific tasks.
Synonyms
part-time employee, temporary worker
Examples of usage
- He worked as an adjunct professor at the university.
- The company hired several adjunct employees for the busy season.
linguistics
A word or phrase that adds information to the main part of a sentence but can be removed without making the sentence grammatically incorrect.
Synonyms
Examples of usage
- In the sentence 'John, who was wearing a blue shirt, went to the store,' the phrase 'who was wearing a blue shirt' is an adjunct.
- She quickly left the room, without saying goodbye.
anatomy
A structure that is joined to another larger structure but is not essential for the structure's function.
Synonyms
Examples of usage
- The appendix is considered an adjunct to the digestive system.
- The muscle attached to the bone serves as an adjunct to movement.
Translations
Translations of the word "adjunct" in other languages:
๐ต๐น adjunto
๐ฎ๐ณ เคธเคนเคพเคฏเค
๐ฉ๐ช Beigefรผgt
๐ฎ๐ฉ tambahan
๐บ๐ฆ ะดะพะดะฐัะบะพะฒะธะน
๐ต๐ฑ dodatkowy
๐ฏ๐ต ไปๅฑ
๐ซ๐ท adjoint
๐ช๐ธ adjunto
๐น๐ท ek
๐ฐ๐ท ๋ถ์
๐ธ๐ฆ ู ุณุงุนุฏ
๐จ๐ฟ pลรญloha
๐ธ๐ฐ prรญdavok
๐จ๐ณ ้ๅฑ
๐ธ๐ฎ dodatek
๐ฎ๐ธ viรฐauki
๐ฐ๐ฟ าะพััะผัะฐ
๐ฌ๐ช แแแแแ แแ
๐ฆ๐ฟ ษlavษ
๐ฒ๐ฝ adjunto
Word origin
The word 'adjunct' comes from the Latin word 'adjungere,' which means 'to join to.' It first appeared in English in the early 16th century. Originally, 'adjunct' was used in a grammatical sense to refer to a word or phrase added to a sentence without changing its meaning. Over time, the term expanded to include various contexts, such as employment and anatomy.