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Auxiliary verb — In linguistics, an auxiliary verb is a verb that gives further semantic or syntactic information about a main or full verb. In English, the extra meaning provided by an auxiliary verb alters the basic meaning of the main verb to make it have one… … Wikipedia
Auxiliary verb — Verb Verb, n. [F. verbe, L. verbum a word, verb. See {Word}.] 1. A word; a vocable. [Obs.] South. [1913 Webster] 2. (Gram.) A word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
auxiliary verb — Auxiliary Aux*il ia*ry, n.; pl. {Auxiliaries}. 1. A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or enterprise. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mil.) pl. Foreign troops in the service of a nation at war; (rarely in sing.), a member of the allied or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
auxiliary verb — ► NOUN Grammar ▪ a verb used in forming the tenses, moods, and voices of other verbs (e.g. be, do, and have) … English terms dictionary
auxiliary verb — n. Gram. a verb used to help form the tenses, aspects, voices, or moods of other verbs, as will, have, do, be, should, must … English World dictionary
auxiliary verb — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms auxiliary verb : singular auxiliary verb plural auxiliary verbs linguistics a verb that is used with another verb to show its tense, form questions, form the passive, or change an aspect of its meaning. The… … English dictionary
auxiliary verb — noun a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with • Hypernyms: ↑verb • Hyponyms: ↑modal auxiliary verb, ↑modal auxiliary, ↑modal verb, ↑modal … Useful english dictionary
auxiliary verb — aux.iliary verb n a verb that is used with another verb to show its tense, ↑person, ↑mood etc. In English the auxiliary verbs are be , do , and have (as in I am running , I didn t go , they have gone ) and all the ↑modals … Dictionary of contemporary English
auxiliary verb — noun (C) a verb that is used with another verb to show its tense, person person (6), mood mood (6) etc. In English the auxiliary verbs are be , do , and have (as in I am running , I didn t go , they have gone ) and all the modal s … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
auxiliary verb — noun A verb that accompanies the main verb in a clause in order to make distinctions in tense, mood, voice or aspect. Syn: helping verb Ant: full verb … Wiktionary
modal auxiliary verb — noun an auxiliary verb (such as can or will ) that is used to express modality • Syn: ↑modal auxiliary, ↑modal verb, ↑modal • Hypernyms: ↑auxiliary verb * * * modal [ˈm … Useful english dictionary
