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Auxiliary

Definitions:

1. Adjective:

Providing supplementary or additional help and support.

Example sentence: The auxiliary nurse assisted the doctor during the surgery.

2. Noun:

A person or thing providing additional help or support.

Example sentence: The volunteers acted as auxiliaries, providing food and shelter to the homeless.

3. Noun - Military:

A group or unit that provides supplementary or backup assistance to the main military forces.

Example sentence: The artillery unit acted as an auxiliary to the infantry.

4. Noun - Grammar:

A verb form that is used to help form various tenses, moods, and voices of another verb.

Example sentence: In the sentence "I have been studying," the word "have" is an auxiliary verb.

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