adjunct

C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈædʒʌŋkt/ UK /ˈædʒʌŋkt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a thing added to something else as a supplementary part

The workshop served as a useful adjunct to the lecture course.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a thing added to something... supplement appendage accessory addition auxiliary appendix

Opposites

core essence

Word family

Derived forms adjunctiveadjunctly

Related forms adjunction join junction conjunct

Etymology

From Latin adiunctus ('joined to'), past participle of adiungere ('to join to'), from ad- ('to') + iungere ('to join'), from the Proto-Indo-European root *yewg- ('to join').

adiungere Latin *yewg- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

General Vocabulary

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# adjunct

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈædʒʌŋkt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈædʒʌŋkt/

## Meanings
1. a thing added to something else as a supplementary part

## Examples
- The workshop served as a useful adjunct to the lecture course.

## Synonyms
- supplement
- appendage
- accessory
- addition
- auxiliary
- appendix

## Antonyms
- core
- essence

## Derived Forms
- adjunctive
- adjunctly

## Related Forms
- adjunction
- join
- junction
- conjunct

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: adiungere
- Root: *yewg-

## Etymology
From Latin adiunctus ('joined to'), past participle of adiungere ('to join to'), from ad- ('to') + iungere ('to join'), from the Proto-Indo-European root *yewg- ('to join').

## AI Etymology
Adjunct comes from Latin adiunctus ('joined to'), past participle of adiungere ('to join to'), from ad- ('to') + iungere ('to join'), from the Proto-Indo-European root *yewg- ('to join'). The historical trail runs through Latin adiungere and Proto-Indo-European *yewg-. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. In modern use it means a thing added to something else as a supplementary part. Derived formations include adjunctive, adjunctly; related forms include adjunction, join, junction, conjunct.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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