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Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈæˌdʒəŋkt/
• SAMPA: /"{%dZ@Nkt/

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Noun

Singular adjunct

Plural adjuncts

1. Something that is joined with something else in a secondary or minor role

   For her, beauty was an undoubted adjunct to her ability to move from one opportunity of employment up to another.

2. A higher education professor who is not in a tenure-track position

   Nationwide, salaries for full-time faculty held up well, but major shifts were underway replacing regular tenure-track faculty with adjuncts or other cost-saving devices (bigger classes, more teaching hours, using technology to reach more people).

3. An annex to a larger building or space

   The conference was held in an adjunct to my hotel called the Center of New Hampshire, in a much smaller room than the New Orleans fiasco; jammed with 50 or 60 snarling reporters and cameramen, it couldn't help looking packed on the evening news.

Adjective

Positive adjunct

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. archaic: attendant upon

   Though that my death were adjunct to my act, By heaven, I would do it. (Shakespeare: King John III, Act 3, Line 57)