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Meanings of auxiliary verb in English

Russian
вспомогательный глагол
Portuguese
verbos auxiliares
Spanish
verbos auxiliares
Catalan
verb auxiliar

Formal auxilliary verbs.

        вспомогательный глагол

        A verb that accompanies the main verb in a clause in order to make distinctions in tense, mood, voice or aspect.

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              Examples for "auxiliary"
              Examples for "auxiliary"
              1
              However, the jet's auxiliary power unit was able to continue supplying power.
              The Guardian
              2
              She starts from the base of the auxiliary spiral, near the frame.
              The Life of the Spider
              3
              It may be prejudicial to the great end; it may be auxiliary.
              Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke
              4
              Caliph heard the engines shift; strange, auxiliary sounds reverberating through the zeppelin.
              The last page
              5
              The auxiliary force will come under the control of the border police.
              Reuters
              Usage of auxiliary verb in English
              1
              HAMLET, a Dane who had difficulty with an auxiliary verb.
              Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date / Biographical Dictionary of the...
              2
              The two auxiliary verbs are kam, ''I have,'' and yam, ''I am.''
              The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
              3
              He spoke in the rhythmical way of Tennesseans, emphasizing the auxiliary verbs beyond their usual value.
              The Eagle's Heart
              4
              Repeat Conjunctions, Auxiliary Verbs, and Pronominal Adjectives.
              How to Write Clearly: Rules and Exercises on English Composition
              5
              The only classes of words that were still allowed to inflect irregularly were the pronouns, the relatives, the demonstrative adjectives, and the auxiliary verbs.
              Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
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              *-Underthis heading we include articles, numerals, pronouns, auxiliary verbs, adverbs of time, place and degree, conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections.
              A Study of Association in Insanity
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