1 (grammar) an adverb or a phrase that adds meaning to the verb in a sentence or part of a sentence:
In 'She went home yesterday' and 'He ran away in a panic', 'yesterday' and 'in a panic' are adjuncts.
2 (formal) a thing that is added or attached to sth larger or more important:
The memory expansion cards are useful adjuncts to the computer.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for adjunct is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is adjunct a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, adjunct is tagged as noun.
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