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Meanings of helping verb in английском

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
        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)