auxiliary
/ɔːɡˈzɪliəri/
noun
- A person or thing that provides extra help or support.
- The teacher's assistant worked as an auxiliary in the classroom.
- During the emergency, volunteers served as auxiliaries to the fire department.
- The robot is designed as an auxiliary to help with household chores.
- A group of people who support a larger organization, such as a military or church group.
- The women's auxiliary raised money for the local library.
- The church auxiliary organized the community food drive.
- The naval auxiliary provided supplies to the main fleet.
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adjective
- Providing extra help or support; backup.
- The hospital brought in auxiliary nurses during the flu outbreak.
- We have an auxiliary generator in case the power goes out.
- The auxiliary police force helps with traffic control during parades.
- Relating to a verb that helps form tenses, moods, or voices (e.g., 'be', 'have', 'do', 'will').
- Auxiliary verbs like 'can' and 'must' express ability or necessity.
- Learners often confuse auxiliary verbs with main verbs.
- In the sentence 'She is running,' the word 'is' is an auxiliary verb.
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