ALL meanings of auxiliary verb
aux·il·ia·ry verb
A a - noun auxiliary verb a verb used to indicate the tense, voice, mood, etc, of another verb where this is not indicated by inflection, such as English will in he will go, was in he was eating and he was eaten, do in I do like you, etc 3
- noun auxiliary verb a verb used to help form the tenses, aspects, voices, or moods of other verbs, as will, have, do, be, should, must 3
- noun auxiliary verb a word used in construction with and preceding certain forms of other verbs, as infinitives or participles, to express distinctions of tense, aspect, mood, etc., as did in Did you go?, am in I am listening, have in We have spoken, or can in They can see. 1
- noun auxiliary verb verb: modal, modifying 1
- noun auxiliary verb (grammar) A verb that accompanies the main verb in a clause in order to make distinctions in tense, mood, voice or aspect. 0