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auxiliary verb
–noun
a word used in construction with and preceding certain forms of other verbs, as infinitives or participles, to express distinctions of tense, aspect, mood, etc., as did in Did you go?, am in I am listening, have in We have spoken, or can in They can see.
Also called helping verb.


[Origin: 1755–65]
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auxiliary verb  
n.   Abbr. aux. or aux. v.
A verb, such as have, can, or will, that accompanies the main verb in a clause and helps to make distinctions in mood, voice, aspect, and tense.

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auxiliary verb

noun
a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with 

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auxiliary verb

A “helping” verb that modifies the main verb, as in “Gail can win,” “Gail did win,” “Gail could have won.” A question often begins with an auxiliary verb: “Did Gail win?” “Could Gail lose?” The various forms of the verbs can, have, is, and does frequently act as auxiliaries.


[Chapter:] Conventions of Written English


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