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auxiliary

adjectivenounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ɔːɡˈzɪl.(j)ə.ɹi//
  • United Kingdom//ɔːɡˈzɪl.i.ə.ɹi//
  • United Kingdom//ɔːkˈsɪl-//
  • United States//ɔɡˈzɪl.(jə).ɹi//

Helping; giving assistance or support.

adjective

  1. 1

    Helping; giving assistance or support.

    auxiliary troops

  2. 2

    Supplementary or subsidiary.

  3. 3

    Held in reserve for exceptional circumstances.

  4. 4

    Of a ship, having both sails and an engine.

  5. 5

    Relating to an auxiliary verb.

Etymology

From Latin auxiliārius (“assistant, ally”), equiv. to auxiliāris (“helping, aiding”), from auxilium (“help, aid”), from augēre (“to increase”).

noun

  1. 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.

    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.

  2. 2

    A sailing vessel equipped with an engine.

  3. 3

    A marching band color guard.

  4. 4

    Variant of auxiliary verbEllipsis of auxiliary verb.

    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]

Forms

plural
auxiliaries
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