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Auxiliary
Definitions
- 1 Helping; giving assistance or support. not-comparable
"auxiliary troops"
- 2 Supplementary or subsidiary. not-comparable
- 3 Held in reserve for exceptional circumstances. not-comparable
- 4 Of a ship, having both sails and an engine. not-comparable
- 5 Relating to an auxiliary verb. not-comparable
- 1 functioning in a supporting capacity wordnet
- 2 furnishing added support wordnet
- 1 A person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner.
"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."
- 2 someone who acts as assistant wordnet
- 3 A sailing vessel equipped with an engine.
- 4 Ellipsis of auxiliary verb. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
"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]"
- 5 A marching band color guard.
Etymology
From Latin auxiliārius (“assistant, ally”), equiv. to auxiliāris (“helping, aiding”), from auxilium (“help, aid”), from augēre (“to increase”).
From Latin auxiliārius (“assistant, ally”), equiv. to auxiliāris (“helping, aiding”), from auxilium (“help, aid”), from augēre (“to increase”).
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