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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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Auxiliary, which comes from the Latin noun auxilium, meaning “aid,” “assistance,” or “reinforcement,” is used in a wide range of capacities in English to describe a person or thing that assists another.
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.
The Latin word auxilium means "help," and so auxiliary means something that "helps" by providing backup or support. Think of auxiliary verbs (sometimes called helper verbs), that provide support within a verb phrase, as "is" does in "Helen is playing."
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.
Auxiliary Definition. Giving assistance or support; helping. Giving help or aid; assisting or supporting. Acting as a subsidiary; supplementary. The main library and its auxiliary branches. Acting in a subsidiary, or subordinate, capacity. Held in or used as a reserve. Auxiliary troops; an auxiliary power generator.
In grammar, an auxiliary or auxiliary verb is a verb that is used with a main verb, for example, to form different tenses or to make the verb passive. In English, the basic auxiliary verbs are `be,' `have,' and `do.' Modal verbs such as `can' and `will' are also sometimes called auxiliaries.
AUXILIARY meaning: providing extra help or support: . Learn more.
