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- Dictionaryauxiliary/ɔːɡˈzɪlɪəri/
adjective
- 1. providing supplementary or additional help and support: "auxiliary airport staff" Similar
noun
- 1. an auxiliary person or thing: "a nursing auxiliary"
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AUXILIARY definition: 1. giving help or support, especially to a more important person or thing: 2. a person whose job…. Learn more.
The meaning of AUXILIARY is offering or providing help. How to use auxiliary in a sentence. Did you know? What is an auxiliary verb?
a person or thing that gives aid of any kind; helper. Synonyms: help, assistant, ally, aide. an organization allied with, but subsidiary to, a main body of restricted membership, especially one composed of members' relatives: The men's club and the ladies' auxiliary were merged into one organization. auxiliary verb.
AUXILIARY meaning: 1. giving help or support, especially to a more important person or thing: 2. a person whose job…. Learn more.
In grammar, an auxiliary or auxiliary verb is a verb which is used with a main verb, for example to form different tenses or to make the verb passive. In English, the basic auxiliary verbs are 'be', 'have', and 'do'.
When you're offering something in support of an already existing thing, you're offering something auxiliary. The auxiliary police will help out the regular police with things like directing traffic and crowd control when there's a special event in town.
aux·il·ia·ry. (ôg-zĭl′yə-rē, -zĭl′ə-rē) adj. 1. Giving assistance or support; helping. 2. Acting as a subsidiary; supplementary: the main library and its auxiliary branches. 3. Held in or used as a reserve: auxiliary troops; an auxiliary power generator.
AUXILIARY definition: providing extra help or support: . Learn more.
auxiliary meaning, definition, what is auxiliary: auxiliary workers provide additional hel...: Learn more.
Giving help or aid; assisting or supporting. Webster's New World. Acting as a subsidiary; supplementary. The main library and its auxiliary branches. American Heritage. Acting in a subsidiary, or subordinate, capacity. Webster's New World. Held in or used as a reserve. Auxiliary troops; an auxiliary power generator. American Heritage.
