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auxiliary

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aux·il·ia·ry  (ôg-zly-r, -zl-r)
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.
4. Nautical Equipped with a motor as well as sails.
5. Grammar Of, relating to, or being an auxiliary verb.
n. pl. aux·il·ia·ries
1. An individual or group that assists or functions in a supporting capacity: a volunteers' auxiliary at a hospital.
2. A member of a foreign body of troops serving a country in war.
3. Grammar An auxiliary verb.
4. Nautical
a. A sailing vessel equipped with a motor.
b. A vessel, such as a supply ship or a tug, that is designed for and used in instances and services other than combat.

[Middle English, from Latin auxilirius, from auxilium, help; see aug- in Indo-European roots.]

auxiliary
Adjective
1. secondary or supplementary
2. supporting
Noun
pl -ries
a person or thing that supports or supplements [Latin auxilium help]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.auxiliary - someone who acts as assistant
assistant, helper, help, supporter - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"
nurse's aide, nursing aide - someone who assists a nurse in tasks that require little formal training
Adj.1.auxiliary - functioning in a supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches"
secondary - being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams"
2.auxiliary - furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other"
supportive - furnishing support or assistance; "a supportive family network"; "his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer"

auxiliary
adjective 1. supplementary, reserve, emergency, substitute, secondary, back-up, subsidiary, fall-back
Translations

auxiliary [ɔːgˈzɪlɪərɪ] adjauxiliar
auxiliary [ɔːgˈzɪlɪərɪ] adj, nauxiliaire (m/f)
auxiliary [ɔːgˈzɪlɪərɪ] adj (tool, verb) → Hilfs-
n (assistant) → Hilfskraft f
auxiliary [ɔːgˈzɪlɪərɪ] adjausiliario/a
nausiliare m/f

auxiliary
adj auxiliary [oːgˈziljəri]
helping; additional auxiliary forces; an auxiliary nurse. hulp مُساعِد، إضافي помощен (vý)pomocný hjælpe-; støtte- Hilfs-... βοηθητικός, εφεδρικός auxiliar abi-, lisa- کمکی؛ اضافی apu-, lisä- auxiliaire מְסַייֵע, עוֹזֵר सहायक pomoćni segéd- darurat aðstoðar-, hjálpar- ausiliare 補助の 돕는, 보조의 pagalbinis palīg-; papildu tambahan hulp- hjelpe-, støtte- pomocniczy auxiliar au­xi­liar вспомогательный; дополнительный výpomocný pomožen pomoćni hjälp-, reserv-, extra- เสริม; หนุน yardımcı 輔助的 допоміжний; додатковий اضافی ، سود مند ، bổ trợ
nplural auˈxiliaries
1 an additional helper. hulp, helper مُساعِد إضافي помощник výpomocná síla hjælper; assistent der/die Helfer(in) βοηθός auxiliar, ayudante abiline کمک apulainen auxiliaire כּוֹח עֶזֶר सहकारी dodatni segéd pembantu tambahan auka-, viðbótar- ausiliare 補助者 보조자, 보조물 talkininkas palīgs pembantu tambahan helper hjelper, assistent pomocnik ajudante ajutor помощник výpomocná sila pomočnik pomoćnik assistent ผู้ที่ช่วยสนับสนุน yardımcı, muavin 輔助者 помічник معاون người phụ tá
2 a soldier serving with another nation. hulptroep جُندي مُحارِب مَع دَولة أحرى помощни войски vojín pomocné služby hjælpetropper die Hilfstruppen στρατιώτης που υπηρετεί σε ξένη χώρα auxiliar abiväelane نیروی برون مرزی apujoukot auxiliaire מְסַייֵע सहायक सेना pomoćni segédcsapatok katonája tentara asing yang membantu dalam perang málaliði ausiliare 外人部隊 원군 samdinys algotnis askar bantuan bondgenoot hjelpetropper żołnierz najemny auxiliar mer­cenar наёмник vojak pomocných síl pomožen (vojak) vojnik pomoćne (strane) trupe hjälptrupp, soldat i hjälptrupp ทหารที่ทำงานรับใช้ประเทศอื่น yedek 援軍 найманець امدادی فوج یا سپاہی lính chi viện


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Like all sea-going ship carpenters, and more especially those belonging to whaling vessels, he was, to a certain off-handed, practical extent, alike experienced in numerous trades and callings collateral to his own; the carpenter's pursuit being the ancient and outbranching trunk of all those numerous handicrafts which more or less have to do with wood as an auxiliary material.
He - probably swayed by prudential consideration of the folly of offending a good tenant - relaxed a little in the laconic style of chipping off his pronouns and auxiliary verbs, and introduced what he supposed would be a subject of interest to me, - a discourse on the advantages and disadvantages of my present place of retirement.
so ran the questions, considerably devoid of auxiliary verbs and such details of construction.
 
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