Auxiliary

Definitions

1. Give help, protect, protect.
2. A person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner.
3. Collaborate, work in help of another.
4. A sailing vessel equipped with an engine.
5. Help to well die.
6. Ellipsis of auxiliary verb.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
7. A marching band color guard.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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]”

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