auxiliary
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin auxiliārius (“assistant, ally”), equiv. to auxiliāris (“helping, aiding”), from auxilium (“help, aid”), from augēre (“to increase”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɔːkˈsɪljəɹi/, /ɔːkˈsɪli.əɹi/, /ɔːkˈsɪləɹi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɔɡˈzɪljəɹi/, /ɔɡˈzɪliɛɹi/, /ɔɡˈzɪləɹi/
- (cot-caught merged) IPA(key): /ɑɡˈzɪljəɹi/, /ɑɡˈzɪliɛɹi/, /ɑɡˈzɪləɹi/
- Rhymes: -ɪliəɹi
- Rhymes: -ɪliɛəɹi
- Rhymes: -ɪləɹi
Audio (Southern England) (file)
AdjectiveEdit
auxiliary (not comparable)
- Helping; giving assistance or support.
- Supplementary or subsidiary.
- Held in reserve for exceptional circumstances.
- (nautical) Of a ship, having both sails and an engine.
- (grammar) Relating to an auxiliary verb.
SynonymsEdit
- (supplementary): accessory
- (having sails and engine): motorsailer
TranslationsEdit
helping; giving assistance or support
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supplementary or subsidiary
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held in reserve for exceptional circumstances
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of a ship, having both sails and an engine
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relating to an auxiliary verb
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NounEdit
auxiliary (plural auxiliaries)
- A person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner.
- 1962 September, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—1”, in Modern Railways, page 163:
- 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, [...].
- A sailing vessel equipped with an engine.
- (grammar) An auxiliary verb.
- 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 151:
- 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]
- The three traditionally recognized Non-modal Auxiliaries are the per-
- A marching band colorguard.
TranslationsEdit
person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner
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auxiliary verb — see auxiliary verb
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Further readingEdit
- auxiliary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- auxiliary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- “auxiliary”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.