What is the meaning of adjunct?

noun

  • Something added to another thing but not an essential part of it.
  • A person who is an assistant or subordinate to another.
  • 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.

adjective

  • Furnishing added support.
    • usage: "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other"
  • Of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another.
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