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ADJUNCT

Definition:

1. [noun] something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
   
   
2. [noun] a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
   
   
3. [noun] a construction that is part of a sentence but not essential to its meaning and can be omitted without making the sentence ungrammatical
   
   
4. [adjective] relating to something that is added but is not essential; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other"
   Synonyms: accessory, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary, subsidiary
   
   
5. [adjective] of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
   Synonyms: assistant
   
   

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Related Words:

• parenthetical expression, parenthetical

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