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perfect auxiliary

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perfect auxiliary (plural perfect auxiliaries)

  1. (grammar) The auxiliary verb that is combined with a past participle to form a compound perfect tense: in English, the verb have; in French, German, and Danish either the equivalent of have or the equivalent of be, depending on the verb.
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