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- Dictionaryauxiliary/ɔːɡˈzɪlɪəri/
adjective
- 1. providing supplementary or additional help and support: "auxiliary airport staff" Similar
noun
- 1. an auxiliary person or thing: "a nursing auxiliary"
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What is an auxiliary verb? An auxiliary verb, also called a helping verb, is a verb that is used with another verb (or two other verbs) in a verb phrase. The auxiliary verbs (which include be, have, do, and the modal verbs like may, shall, will, can, and must) combine with verbs to do things like show a verb's tense or form a question.
AUXILIARY definition: 1. giving help or support, especially to a more important person or thing: 2. a person whose job…. Learn more.
a person or thing that gives aid of any kind; helper. Synonyms: help, assistant, ally, aide. an organization allied with, but subsidiary to, a main body of restricted membership, especially one composed of members' relatives: The men's club and the ladies' auxiliary were merged into one organization. auxiliary verb.
AUXILIARY meaning: 1. giving help or support, especially to a more important person or thing: 2. a person whose job…. Learn more.
When you're offering something in support of an already existing thing, you're offering something auxiliary. The auxiliary police will help out the regular police with things like directing traffic and crowd control when there's a special event in town.
aux·il·ia·ry. (ôg-zĭl′yə-rē, -zĭl′ə-rē) adj. 1. Giving assistance or support; helping. 2. Acting as a subsidiary; supplementary: the main library and its auxiliary branches. 3. Held in or used as a reserve: auxiliary troops; an auxiliary power generator.
An auxiliary is a person who is employed to assist other people in their work. Auxiliaries are often medical workers or members of the armed forces. Nursing auxiliaries provide basic care, but are not qualified nurses.
