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helping verb

helping verb noun: an auxiliary verb; a verb that accompanies the main verb in a clause.

Noun

helping verb (plural helping verbs)

  1. An auxiliary verb; a verb that accompanies the main verb in a clause.
    • Such verbs as can be formed through the present and past times without the aid of any of these helping verbs, are called principal verbs, and are formed thus:1814, Lindley Murray, The Young Man's Best Companion: And Book of General Knowledge

Forms of helping verb

pluralhelping verbs

Questions about helping verb

What does helping verb mean?
Helping verb means an auxiliary verb; a verb that accompanies the main verb in a clause.
What part of speech is helping verb?
Helping verb is a noun.
What is the plural of helping verb?
The plural of helping verb is helping verbs.

Words near helping verb in the dictionary

  1. helping hands
  2. helping oneself
  3. helping out
  4. helping profession
  5. helping professions
  6. helping verb
  7. helping verbs
  8. helpingly
  9. helpings
  10. helpless
  11. helplessdesk

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