| slovo | definícia |
auxiliary verb
(encz) | auxiliary verb,pomocné sloveso |
Auxiliary verb
(gcide) | Verb \Verb\, n. [F. verbe, L. verbum a word, verb. See Word.]
1. A word; a vocable. [Obs.] --South.
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2. (Gram.) A word which affirms or predicates something of
some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being,
action, or the suffering of action.
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Note: A verb is a word whereby the chief action of the mind
[the assertion or the denial of a proposition] finds
expression. --Earle.
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Active verb, Auxiliary verb, Neuter verb, etc. See
Active, Auxiliary, Neuter, etc.
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auxiliary verb
(gcide) | Auxiliary \Aux*il"ia*ry\, n.; pl. Auxiliaries.
1. A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or
enterprise.
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2. (Mil.) pl. Foreign troops in the service of a nation at
war; (rarely in sing.), a member of the allied or
subsidiary force.
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3. (Gram.) A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and
tenses of other verbs; -- called, also, an {auxiliary
verb}; as, have, be, may, can, do, must, shall, and will,
in English; [^e]tre and avoir, in French; avere and
essere, in Italian; estar and haber, in Spanish.
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4. (Math.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of
simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in
equations or trigonometrical formul[ae]. --Math. Dict.
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auxiliary verb
(wn) | auxiliary verb
n 1: a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to
help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it
combines with |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
Auxiliary verb
(gcide) | Verb \Verb\, n. [F. verbe, L. verbum a word, verb. See Word.]
1. A word; a vocable. [Obs.] --South.
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2. (Gram.) A word which affirms or predicates something of
some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being,
action, or the suffering of action.
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Note: A verb is a word whereby the chief action of the mind
[the assertion or the denial of a proposition] finds
expression. --Earle.
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Active verb, Auxiliary verb, Neuter verb, etc. See
Active, Auxiliary, Neuter, etc.
[1913 Webster]Auxiliary \Aux*il"ia*ry\, n.; pl. Auxiliaries.
1. A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or
enterprise.
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2. (Mil.) pl. Foreign troops in the service of a nation at
war; (rarely in sing.), a member of the allied or
subsidiary force.
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3. (Gram.) A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and
tenses of other verbs; -- called, also, an {auxiliary
verb}; as, have, be, may, can, do, must, shall, and will,
in English; [^e]tre and avoir, in French; avere and
essere, in Italian; estar and haber, in Spanish.
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4. (Math.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of
simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in
equations or trigonometrical formul[ae]. --Math. Dict.
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Auxiliary verbs
(gcide) | Auxiliary \Aux*il"ia*ry\ (?; 106), a. [L. auxiliarius, fr.
auxilium help, aid, fr. augere to increase.]
Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting;
subsidiary; as auxiliary troops.
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Auxiliary scales (Mus.), the scales of relative or
attendant keys. See under Attendant, a.
Auxiliary verbs (Gram.). See Auxiliary, n., 3.
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modal auxiliary verb
(wn) | modal auxiliary verb
n 1: an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to
express modality [syn: modal auxiliary verb, {modal
auxiliary}, modal verb, modal] |
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