auxiliaryadjective
uk/ɔːɡˈzɪl.i.ə.ri/us/ɑːɡˈzɪl.i.er.i/giving help or support, especially to a more important person or thing:
auxiliary staff/nurses
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Helping and co-operating
- a good/bad turn idiom
- abet
- aid
- assist
- assistance
- avail
- bridge
- facilitate
- give sb a leg up idiom
- give/lend sb a helping hand idiom
- go a long way toward(s) doing sth idiom
- hang
- platform
- reach
- relief
- run errands idiom
- scene
- see sb through sth
- share a platform idiom
- start sb off
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auxiliarynoun
uk/ɔːɡˈzɪl.i.ə.ri/us/ɑːɡˈzɪl.i.er.i/auxiliary noun (PERSON)
[ C ] a person whose job is to give help or support to other workers:
semi-skilled auxiliaries
[ C usually plural ] a soldier of one country who fights for another country
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Helpers and accomplices
- a tower of strength idiom
- abet
- accessory
- accomplice
- acolyte
- Asst
- buddy
- collaborator
- confederate
- enabler
- help
- man Friday
- mate
- moll
- partner
- right-hand man
- second 1
- support group
- support network
- tower
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Soldiers & people who fight in wars
auxiliary noun (VERB)
[ C ] also auxiliary verb a verb that gives grammatical information not given by the main verb of a sentence:
In the sentence "she has finished her book", "has" is an auxiliary.
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Linguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs
- accusative
- arose
- art
- aspect
- began
- bent
- ditransitive
- historic present
- linking verb
- main verb
- passivize
- past participle
- predicate
- progressive
- the future perfect
- the pluperfect
- the present simple
- the third person
- transitive
- wast
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