Meaning

Helping; giving assistance or support..

Definitions by Sense

1. Helping; giving assistance or support.
2. Supplementary or subsidiary.
3. Held in reserve for exceptional circumstances.
4. (nautical) Of a ship, having both sails and an engine.
5. (grammar) Relating to an auxiliary verb.
6. A person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner.
7. (nautical) A sailing vessel equipped with an engine.
8. (grammar) Ellipsis of auxiliary verb.

Example Sentences

auxiliary troops

Auxiliaries and ancillaries are comprehensive, and include a Westinghouse motor-driven recriprocating compressor used for locomotive braking and general service air, two rotary exhauster sets for train brakes when hauling passenger or fitted freight trains, and an oil-fired train heating boiler.

A drive to exploit the Highlands as a winter sports area, with all the necessary auxiliaries, such as chair lifts in the Cairngorms, shows increasing promise, […].

Summer “felt betrayed” that a close friend had used AI as “an auxiliary” to talk to her.

The three traditionally recognized Non-modal Auxiliaries are the per- fective Auxiliary have, the progressive Auxiliary be, and the passive Auxiliary be. Perfective have is so-called because it marks the completion (hence, perfec- tion) of an action; it is followed by a VP headed by a perfective -n participle, as in: (121) The referee has [_(VP) shown him the red card]

Word Forms

• auxiliaries

Synonyms for auxiliary

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When Should You Use Auxiliary?

Use auxiliary when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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