Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Giving assistance or support; helping.
- adjective Acting as a subsidiary; supplementary.
- adjective Held in or used as a reserve.
- adjective Nautical Equipped with a motor as well as sails.
- adjective Grammar Of, relating to, or being an auxiliary verb.
- noun An individual or group that assists or functions in a supporting capacity.
- noun A member of a foreign body of troops serving a country in war.
- noun Grammar An auxiliary verb.
- noun A sailing vessel equipped with a motor.
- noun A vessel, such as a supply ship or a tug, that is designed for and used in instances and services other than combat.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Helping; aiding; assisting; giving support or succor; hence, subsidiary; additional: as, auxiliary troops; auxiliary engines.
- noun A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action, enterprise, or undertaking; an aid of any kind.
- noun Specifically—2. plural Foreign troops in the service of a nation at war.
- noun In grammar, a verb used in forming, with the infinitive and participles of other verbs, phrases having the value of, or a value analogous to that of, modes and tenses: thus, I do love, I have loved, I shall love, I am loved.
- noun In mathematics, an auxiliary quantity (which see, under I.).
- noun In the nomenclature of the sutural inflections in the ammonoid cephalopods, a lobe or saddle lying between the umbilical curve or line of involution and the second lateral lobe.
- noun In mech., any machine except the principal one: a term applied specifically to the feed-pumps, fire-pumps, etc., in power plants.
- noun A vessel fitted with power other than sails for propulsion but depending ordinarily on the latter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting; subsidiary; as
auxiliary troops. - adjective (Mus.) the scales of relative or attendant keys. See under
Attendant , a. - adjective (Gram.) See
Auxiliary , n., 3. - noun A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or enterprise.
- noun (Mil.) Foreign troops in the service of a nation at war; (rarely in sing.), a member of the allied or subsidiary force.
- noun (Gram.) A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and tenses of other verbs; -- called, also, an
auxiliary verb - noun (Math.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in equations or trigonometrical formulæ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Helping ;giving assistance orsupport . - adjective
Supplementary orsubsidiary . - adjective
Held inreserve forexceptional circumstances . - adjective nautical Of a ship, having both
sails and anengine . - adjective grammar Relating to an
auxiliary verb . - noun A
person orgroup that acts in an auxiliary manner. - noun A sailing
vessel equipped with an engine. - noun grammar An auxiliary verb.
- noun A
marching band colorguard.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective furnishing added support
- adjective functioning in a supporting capacity
- noun someone who acts as assistant
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Headquarters: the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, with main auxiliary clubhouses in Dallas and Houston.
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Because certain auxiliary equipment is lacking, the model owned by the DPRK is considered by experts to be incapable of achieving the level of quality seen on supernotes.
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They declared their inclusion, besides men, and not just in auxiliary services but armed at the front line.
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The yellow birds/prediction analogy holds until ID can build a coherent theoretical framework that is grounded in auxiliary assumptions.
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The yellow birds/prediction analogy holds until ID can build a coherent theoretical framework that is grounded in auxiliary assumptions.
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I'm more interested, as Gregory is, to see if IDists can ground their "not junk!" prediction in auxiliary assumptions (the ToE has common descent) that make the prediction worth a damn.
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Though the terms auxiliary, suffragan, and coadjutor are used indiscriminately, yet there is a difference.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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[Page 77] collecting and arranging for the display of an exhibit which shall show to the best advantage, the material resources and varied fields of labor of the women of all nations, to the auxiliary is confided the important task of calling together a series of congresses during 1893, which shall not only demonstrate what woman has done in the lines of mental and spiritual work, and in the sunny field of letters, but the public discussion of practical subjects by trained thinkers will uplift the masses and open the way to a better understanding of many facts needful to the housekeeper, the educator and the philanthropist.
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Those tasks are sometimes done by Healthcare Assistants (old name auxiliary nurses) and/or cleaners.
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Those tasks are sometimes done by Healthcare Assistants (old name auxiliary nurses) and/or cleaners.
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