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Another word for adjunct

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Noun

  1. A subordinate element added to another entity

    See also:

    increase

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Another word for adjunct

Noun

  1. Something added

    See also:

    addition

  2. Assistant

    See also:

    assistant

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Sentence Examples

  • History became the servant to literature, an adjunct to the classics.

  • The French began to regard the dominions of the Bey as a natural adjunct to Algeria, but after the Crimean War Turkish rights over the regency of Tunis were revived.

  • He was a celebrated gourmet, and his dinners were utilized by Napoleon as a useful adjunct to the arts of statecraft.

  • This investigation is also memorable because he detected the minute sugar-crystals in the roots by the help of the microscope, which was thus introduced as an adjunct to chemical inquiry.

  • An adjunct of prime importance, which is necessary to their use, is an accurate clock, beating seconds.

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