Adjunct
noun
An attachment or addition that makes something better or more useful.
She considered the computer an essential adjunct to her studies.
Often appears as...
- valuable adjunct
- indispensable adjunct
noun
A person who is connected to a faculty or staff in a temporary or secondary position in an institution.
He worked as an adjunct professor at the local community college.
Often appears as...
- adjunct professor
- adjunct faculty
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Formal
Academic
noun
A thing added to another as a supplementary, not an essential part.
GPS systems are an adjunct to map reading.
Often appears as...
- useful adjunct
- technological adjunct
adjective
Connected or added to something, usually in a subordinate or auxiliary capacity.
We are looking for someone with adjunct technical skills.
Often appears as...
- adjunct skills
- adjunct capacity
noun
An attachment or addition that makes something better or more useful.
She considered the computer an essential adjunct to her studies.
Often appears as...
- valuable adjunct
- indispensable adjunct
noun
A person who is connected to a faculty or staff in a temporary or secondary position in an institution.
He worked as an adjunct professor at the local community college.
Often appears as...
- adjunct professor
- adjunct faculty
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A thing added to another as a supplementary, not an essential part.
GPS systems are an adjunct to map reading.
Often appears as...
- useful adjunct
- technological adjunct
adjective
Connected or added to something, usually in a subordinate or auxiliary capacity.
We are looking for someone with adjunct technical skills.
Often appears as...
- adjunct skills
- adjunct capacity
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Enhancement Role
Used when something adds extra benefits, not just present for show.
A well-made sauce is more than a garnish; it's an adjunct to the dish.
Pro Tip 2/2Not a Necessity
Even though it's useful, an adjunct doesn't mean it's absolutely required.
A sunroof is a nice adjunct in a car, but not a must-have.
Pro Tip 1/2Enhancement Role
Used when something adds extra benefits, not just present for show.
A well-made sauce is more than a garnish; it's an adjunct to the dish.
Pro Tip 2/2Not a Necessity
Even though it's useful, an adjunct doesn't mean it's absolutely required.
A sunroof is a nice adjunct in a car, but not a must-have.
Pro Tip 1/2Enhancement Role
Used when something adds extra benefits, not just present for show.
A well-made sauce is more than a garnish; it's an adjunct to the dish.
Pro Tip 2/2Not a Necessity
Even though it's useful, an adjunct doesn't mean it's absolutely required.
A sunroof is a nice adjunct in a car, but not a must-have.
Compare with
accessoryadditionappendageattachmentauxiliarysubordinatesubsidiarysupplement
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Academic research is...
To understand why scholars aren't engaging with popular media, you first have to understand how universities work. Now, in the last six years, I've taught at seven different colleges and universities in four different states. I'm a bit of an adjunct extraordinaire.
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Academic research is...
To understand why scholars aren't engaging with popular media, you first have to understand how universities work. Now, in the last six years, I've taught at seven different colleges and universities in four different states. I'm a bit of an adjunct extraordinaire.
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Quote examples
David Johansen
American Musician
I'm compelled to paint nearly every day. I just felt like making a painting, went out and bought paints and a canvas. Now it fulfills me creatively when I'm not doing music: it's something you can do by yourself and it's totally yours. It's a great adjunct to my life.
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Walter Dean Myers
American Writer
I don't want to approach reading from the viewpoint of that it's a pleasant adjunct to your life. I want to approach it from the idea that you have to read or you're going to suffer. There's a difference to be made - and you can make it if you read with your child.
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Gunther Schuller
American Composer
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!
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Glenda Jackson
British Actress
I find it extraordinary that contemporary dramatists don't find women interesting. Women are rarely, if ever, the central dramatic engine; they're there as an adjunct, and that hasn't changed at all.
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Kurt Loder
American Journalist
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.
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Alissa Quart
American Writer
Actors and writers and adjuncts are always looking for their next job: they find common cause with the female Uber drivers on contracts who have also been unprotected victims of sexual harassment.
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Steven Spielberg
American Director
I think that a movie can only be an adjunct or only a supplement to books, to different points of view, to scholars, historians and your own teachers.
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John Ruskin
English Writer
Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light.
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Noreena Hertz
English Author
At the end of the day, philanthropy can only ever be an adjunct to what governments provide. And government coffers need to be replenished.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
In the universities, cheap, vulnerable labor means adjuncts and graduate students.
Quote examples
David Johansen
American Musician
I'm compelled to paint nearly every day. I just felt like making a painting, went out and bought paints and a canvas. Now it fulfills me creatively when I'm not doing music: it's something you can do by yourself and it's totally yours. It's a great adjunct to my life.
Quote examples
Walter Dean Myers
American Writer
I don't want to approach reading from the viewpoint of that it's a pleasant adjunct to your life. I want to approach it from the idea that you have to read or you're going to suffer. There's a difference to be made - and you can make it if you read with your child.
Quote examples
Gunther Schuller
American Composer
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!
Quote examples
Glenda Jackson
British Actress
I find it extraordinary that contemporary dramatists don't find women interesting. Women are rarely, if ever, the central dramatic engine; they're there as an adjunct, and that hasn't changed at all.
Quote examples
Kurt Loder
American Journalist
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.
Quote examples
Alissa Quart
American Writer
Actors and writers and adjuncts are always looking for their next job: they find common cause with the female Uber drivers on contracts who have also been unprotected victims of sexual harassment.
Quote examples
Steven Spielberg
American Director
I think that a movie can only be an adjunct or only a supplement to books, to different points of view, to scholars, historians and your own teachers.
Quote examples
John Ruskin
English Writer
Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light.
Quote examples
Noreena Hertz
English Author
At the end of the day, philanthropy can only ever be an adjunct to what governments provide. And government coffers need to be replenished.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
In the universities, cheap, vulnerable labor means adjuncts and graduate students.
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