auxiliary
adjEtymology
From Latin auxiliārius (“assistant, ally”), equiv. to auxiliāris (“helping, aiding”), from auxilium (“help, aid”), from augēre (“to increase”).
- derived from auxiliārius
Definitions
Helping
Helping; giving assistance or support.
- auxiliary troops
Supplementary or subsidiary.
Held in reserve for exceptional circumstances.
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Of a ship, having both sails and an engine.
Relating to an auxiliary verb.
A person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner.
- A drive to exploit the Highlands as a winter sports area, with all the necessary auxiliaries, such as chair lifts in the Cairngorms, shows increasing promise, […].
- Summer “felt betrayed” that a close friend had used AI as “an auxiliary” to talk to her.
A sailing vessel equipped with an engine.
Ellipsis of auxiliary verb.
A marching band color guard.
The neighborhood
- neighborauction
- neighborauctioneer
- neighboraugment
- neighboraugmentation
- neighboraxillary
Derived
Auxie, auxiliarily, auxiliarist, auxiliary bishop, auxiliary cell, auxiliary cruiser, auxiliary ego, auxiliary language, auxiliary oiler, auxiliary power unit, auxiliary storage, auxlang, electroauxiliary, international auxiliary language, ladies' auxiliary, modal auxiliary, nonauxiliary, nurse auxiliary, perfect auxiliary, semiauxiliary
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at auxiliary. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at auxiliary. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at auxiliary
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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