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adjunct
has definitions from the fields of grammar,linguistics
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[ noun ] something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
Used in print (Newton Stallknecht, "Ideas and Literature," in Newton S...)It is obvious that the historian who seeks to recapture the ideas that have motivated human behavior throughout a given period will find the art and literature of that age one of his central and major concerns , by_no_means a mere supplement or adjunct of significant historical research . (Ralph B. Long. The Sentence and Its Parts: A...)Final adjuncts may or may not have dominant stress . is George reads the news emotionally , dominant stress may or may not be on the adjunct emotionally . In the first of these sentences if by is the complement of come and Tuesday is an adjunct of time equivalent_to on Tuesday , there will be strong stress on by in the spoken_language ; but if a complement for come is implied and by Tuesday is a prepositional unit used as an adjunct , by will be unstressed or lightly stressed at_most . In the first of these sentences if by is the complement of come and Tuesday is an adjunct of time equivalent_to on Tuesday , there will be strong stress on by in the spoken_language ; but if a complement for come is implied and by Tuesday is a prepositional unit used as an adjunct , by will be unstressed or lightly stressed at_most . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] relating to something that is added but is not essential
Synonyms ancillary adjuvant appurtenant auxiliary subsidiary accessory Examples "an ancillary pump" "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism" "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
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[ noun ] (grammar,linguistics) a construction that is part of a sentence but not essential to its meaning and can be omitted without making the sentence ungrammatical
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[ noun ] a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
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