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auxiliary verb

Syllabification: (aux·il·ia·ry verb)
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Definition of auxiliary verb

noun

Grammar
  • a verb used in forming the tenses, moods, and voices of other verbs. See also modal verb.

    The primary auxiliary verbs in English are be, do, and have; the modal auxiliaries are can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, and would

Grammar

A group of verbs that combine with the main verb to form the verb phrase:

Primarybeisamarewaswerebeen
havehashad
Modalshallwillshouldwould
cancould
maymight
must
ought(to)
See also modal auxiliary verbs, primary auxiliary verbs.

auxiliary verb in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of auxiliary verb in the British & World English dictionary
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