Plural of auxiliary

Forms of auxiliary

Auxiliaries in a sentence

• The auxiliaries also occasionally left behind bilingual dedications in Palmyrene with Greek or Latin.2017, Kyle H. Keimer, Gillan Davis, Registers and Modes of Communication in the Ancient Near East. From the entry Palmyrene
• The gladius was effective either for cutting or for thrusting and was used by legionaries and auxiliaries.2007, Pat Southern, The Roman Army: A Social and Institutional History, page 212. From the entry gladius
• For example, when nouns are reanalysed as determiners, they lose inherent descriptive content; when verbs are reanalysed as auxiliaries, they lose argument structure.[2010, Ian Roberts, “Grammaticalization, the clausal hierarchy and semantic bleaching”, in Elizabeth Closs Traugott, Graeme Trousdale…. From the entry semantic bleaching
• The future tense came into being as the verbs sculan and willan lost their ancient power as finite verbs and turned into future auxiliaries.1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 157. From the entry future tense

Meaning of auxiliary

1. adjective Helping; giving assistance or support.
2. adjective Supplementary or subsidiary.
3. adjective Held in reserve for exceptional circumstances.

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Questions about the plural of auxiliary

What is the plural of auxiliary?

The plural of auxiliary is auxiliaries.

Is auxiliary countable?

Auxiliary is a countable noun.